When you enter a product on the Sales Order Entry Body tab and your current view includes an Avail column, this column can display different information, depending on an item's availability. This topic describes the availability information that can display.
When the Avail column displays "Now," followed by an available quantity, the system has determined that there is enough product to fulfill the current order, and that the quantity shown will be available after this order is satisfied.
When the Avail column displays a calendar date, the system has determined that there is not enough product to fulfill the current order, but that enough product will become available on or before this date.
When the Avail column displays "Today," the system has determined that no product is available at this moment, but enough of the item to fulfill the order is expected today. You are taking the last of what is available for your sales order.
When the Avail column displays "Plenty," the system has determined that plenty of the product is available to fill all current sales commitments, or that plenty will be available by a date that also displays. The system calculates the plenty date using the following equation:
The system identifies the normal order cycle for each product in the system and adds to it the lead time. The system then subtracts the number of days that have already passed in the current order cycle, to arrive at the Plenty Date — the date by which your branch will have a sufficient amount of the item in stock to meet demand.
Do not plan purchasing based on the plenty date. Purchase items when the Suggested P/O Queue alerts you to products on backorder. Use the Plenty Date only as a means to estimate when you can expect to have plenty of items on-hand.
In a central warehouse scheme, the Plenty Date calculation for a baby branch is Next Purchase Order Date + Mother Branch Lead Time + Transfer Cycle.
Some companies choose to override the Plenty Date calculation for one or more buy lines for a specified period of time. When this option is used, the Plenty Date is based on the following calculation:
Plenty Date = Today + (Override Days for the Buy Line - Days Since Last Line Buy)
For more information, see Overriding the Plenty Date for Buy Lines.
When *I* displays in the Avail column, it can mean either of the following:
*I* Plen - There is an in-process quantity, but plenty is available.
*I* (followed by an available quantity) - There is an in-process quantity, but the quantity shown will be available after the current quantity is committed.
When "Direct Through Stock" displays in the Avail column, the items are customer-owned inventory you are housing in your warehouse so users know they are customer-owned items.
For more information, see Managing Direct-Through-Stock Orders.
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