Allocate Supply in a Hierarchy

Improve the way you distribute supply for an item that's in high demand and you have only a limited amount of supply to distribute.

Improve how you allocate supply across your supply chain for items that are in high demand and that you sell in large quantities. For example, when you sell millions of items that involve hundreds of organizations.
Reallocate supply at run time between nodes in your hierarchy so you can Increase your fill rates.
Track the sales orders that you ship to get a more accurate, real time picture of the supply that's currently available for your promotional campaign or seasonal event throughout the duration of the campaign or event.

Use this feature to distribute items that are in high demand more fairly across your supply chain.

Create a hierarchy of nodes that represents your supply chain. For example, a node might be a retail outlet, a parts depot, distribution center, factory, and so on.
Create up to three levels in your hierarchy. For example, each level might represent different parts of your business, such as geography, customer priority, sales channel, and so on.
Allocate supply in the hierarchy. For example, allocate supply in your High Volume Region first, then to your North East channel in the High Volume Region.
Determine what supply is available through allocations that you make for a limited, specific time frame, such as a promotional campaign. You can track sales orders that Order Management has shipped from the beginning of the campaign to the current date, then reduce allocated supply at the start of the campaign.

Use the hierarchy to balance how you allocate supply across your network.