Check Availability

Use Check Availability to explore different ways to promise your fulfillment line.

1. Go to the Global Order Promising work area.
2. Click Open, then search for and open Manage Order Promising Demands. For details, see Get Details About Demand.
3. On the Manage Order Promising Demands page, do a search, select a line in the search results, then click Actions > Check Availability.
4. Use various actions on the Check Availability page, such as View Availability Options, Review Supply Availability, View Availability Details, and so on.

Examine the Attributes

Order Management sends different details to Promising depending on whether Order Management has scheduled the fulfillment line.

Type of Attribute	Description
Requested	The name of the attribute includes the word requested. Order Management hasn't scheduled and or shipped the fulfillment line. For example, Requested Item, Requested Quantity, or Requested Ship Date. You can't change the value for most of these attributes, but you can change the Requested Ship From Warehouse and the Requested Shipping Method.
Scheduled	The name of the attribute includes the word scheduled. Order Management has scheduled but not yet shipped the fulfillment line. You can check availability for a scheduled fulfillment line to see if you can improve the promising result.
Result	The name of the attribute includes the word available or expected. An attribute that contains the result of Promising analyzing your supply chain and promising an item. For example, Available Item, Available Quantity, or Expected Ship From Warehouse. You can't modify the value of a promising result, but you can influence it by changing some other attribute, such as changing the Requested Ship From Warehouse. The values that you set provide a way for you to simulate different fulfillment scenarios. Assume the item on the line is the AS54888 computer, the requested ship date is March 1, and the line doesn't allow substitutions. The availability result suggests to use the AS54888 but with a delayed, expected ship date of March 10. You change the fulfillment line to allow a substitution,then refresh the result. The availability result now specifies to use a substitute item, the AS6000 computer, with an expected ship date of March 1.

Schedule the Fulfillment Line

To schedule the line, select it, then click Actions > Schedule.

Promising doesn't commit any changes that you make on the Check Availability page until you schedule the line. If you schedule the line, then Promising sends the revised line to Order Management and removes the line from the Check Availability page.

Check Availability in Oracle Order Management

You can also check availability in Order Management and manually schedule a fulfillment line.

1. Go to the Order Management work area, then click Manage Fulfillment Lines.
2. Select a fulfillment line, then click Check Availability.

Order Management displays fulfillment lines according to the requested date for each line. The results try to minimize delay for each line. You can change each line, such as changing the priority or the requested ship from warehouse, or remove a line from a shipment set. You can schedule the promising results to meet your needs, such as to incur less cost but more delay.

What You Set	What Promising Does
Scheduled Shipment Date	Uses the Scheduled Shipment Date that you set to calculate the Scheduled Arrival Date.
Scheduled Arrival Date	Uses the Scheduled Arrival Date that you set to calculate the Scheduled Shipment Date.
Scheduled Shipment Date and Scheduled Arrival Date	Uses both values to promise the item.

Note

• Promising considers shipping methods, lead times, transit times, calendars, and so on to determine the dates that it calculates.
• if you don't set the shipping method, carrier, mode of transport, and service level, then Promising sets them.
• If you set the scheduled shipment date, scheduled arrival date, and shipping method, then Promising doesn't consider the transit time between the source and destination.
• If you set a shipment date or arrival date that isn't a working day, then Promising uses the previous working day to calculate the dates.
• The Supply Details area displays these dates on the Manage Fulfillment Lines page in the Order Management work area.
• If all lines in a shipment set have the same ship from organization, ship to location, and shipping method, then you can set the scheduled dates for these lines. You must use the same scheduled shipment date or scheduled arrival date on each line.

For details, see Schedule Fulfillment Lines Manually.