Consumption of cust. reserv.
Use this parameter to define how customer reservations are consumed upon order allocation.
No
The customer reservations will never be consumed upon allocation to an order line.
They can still be consumed via the use of the different allocation processes (Allocation action on the Order, automatic allocation process of orders, allocation by product process).
Yes
The customer reservations will be automatically consumed on allocation on an order line.
They may not be consumed using the allocation processes.
On demand
Customer reservations will only be consumed upon allocation to an order line according to the user response to the message: ‘There are reservations for this customer. Do you want to use them for this allocation?’
Level of localization/Global variable
This parameter is defined at the level Site.It belongs to Chapter VEN (Sales) and the Group SAL (Order allocation rules),The following parameters are also associated with this chapter and group :
- ALLTYP (Allocation type)
- INIALLORD (Init qty to allocate to order)
- RSTALLORD (Re-instate order allocations)
The global variable GUSERERBPC is associated with it.
Functions impacted
The following functions are associated with this parameter :
Sales > Allocations > Automatic allocations
Sales > Allocations > Allocations by product
Sales > Orders > Orders
Sales > Orders > Delivery requests
Comments
In the different allocation processes, use the Include customer allocations check box to modify the default value of the parameter before running these processes.
The following scripts are impacted:
- Allocation action on the order
- Automatic allocation function
- Allocation by product function
Special feature of the ‘On request’ value:
In the Automatic allocation function, the Include customer allocations check box is selected by default.