1. Using Order Promising
  2. Try Different Availability Options

Try Different Availability Options

To examine different ways to fulfill a fulfillment line, go to the Check Availability page, click a fulfillment line, then click View Availability Options.

Here's what Promising does:

  • Examines the supply that's available in your supply chain to determine the best possible promise dates.
  • Uses the same logic that it uses to determine availability. It looks at values on the fulfillment line. It also looks at your available-to-promise rules, sourcing rules, and allocation rules.
  • If supply isn't available in the requested warehouse, then Promising looks upstream to see what supply is available.
  • Adds lead times and creates a promise date.
  • Doesn't actually create supply until you select and schedule an option. For example, it doesn't create a transfer document between your supplier and the ship-from warehouse when its creating the option. At this point, it is only looking at different possible outcomes.

Check Availability returns up to six alternative promising options according to different inputs, such as the sourcing rank, what supply is available, splits, substitutions, and so on. It returns the default plus up to five alternative options.

Here's what Promising displays in the Availability Options area:

  • The option that Promising considers to be the optimal option, with the least amount of delay in the number 1 position. This is the default option.
  • One or more options instead only the best option.
  • A status for each option that indicates whether the option is on time, delayed, or split into on time and delayed.
  • Only what's available. If values on the line are highly restrictive, you might get fewer or even only one option.

You can use less specific values on the line to allow Promising to consider more options:

  • Don't specify the ship from warehouse, and Promising will look at all warehouses according to your promising rules and the item's organization.
  • Don't specify the shipping method, and Promising will look at all methods according to your promising rules.
  • Allow splits, and Promising will consider splitting the line as way to improve promising results.
  • Allow substitutions, and Promising will look at substituting the item for another item as way to improve promising results.

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