Generate shortages
Use this parameter to define if the allocations that have failed will generate shortages for the missing quantities. A shortage quantity is therefore used to display the impossibility to service a document at a given moment. This is used to establish an unavailability and to later process these shortages.
No - If an allocation fails, no shortage will be generated.
Yes - If an allocation fails, the quantity that could not be allocated will be displayed in the form of a shortage quantity.
Level of localization/Global variable
This parameter is defined at the level Site.It belongs to Chapter STO (Inventory) and the Group MIS (Miscellaneous),The following parameters are also associated with this chapter and group :
- FEALOTLEV (Characteristic level of lot)
- INQMVSLTI (Transaction inquiry history)
- LOCSUG (Suggested locations)
- LOCTYPSEQ (Location type sequence)
- MFGMTSNUM (Automatic WO transaction)
- SCOPTRNUM (Automatic EO transaction)
- SHTDLV (Delivery of shortage qties)
- SSCCCOU (Counter identifier)
- SSCCROOT (Root of SSCC code)
- STOADMIN (Stock administrator)
- STODISSCO (Subcontract stock)
- STOTRACE (Stock update trace level)
- STOTRK (Traceability)
- WIPSTOLCK (Blocked qties in process of put-away)
The global variable GGENSHT is associated with it.
Functions concerned
The following functions are associated with this parameter :
Sales > Allocations > Automatic allocations
Sales > Allocations > Allocations by product
Sales > Orders > Orders
Sales > Orders > Delivery requests