Order fulfillment by using Availability by date breakup

Sterling Order Management System Software integration with Sterling Intelligent Promising Inventory Visibility (inventory management system (phase 2)) uses Availability by date breakup and Reservations by date breakup features that are available in Sterling Intelligent Promising Inventory Visibility.

By using the Availability by date breakup and Reservations by date breakup features, inventory allocation and fulfillment is improved in several scenarios, but are not limited to the following.
  • Future supplies
  • Time sensitive items
  • Reservation by dates
  • Orders with requested dates

For more information about the Sterling Intelligent Promising Inventory Visibility APIs, see V2 Availability APIs.

Examples

Example 1:

The following example demonstrates the availability considerations in Sterling Order Management System Software with Sterling Intelligent Promising Inventory Visibility integration V2 availability APIs.

  1. Consider current date to be 2023-01-01.
    Item Node Supply Type ETA Quantity
    ITEM_1 NODE1 ONHAND 1900-01-01 10
    ITEM_1 NODE1 PO 2023-01-10 10
    ITEM_1 NODE1 PO 2023-01-20 10
    ITEM_2 NODE1 ONHAND 1900-01-01 10
  2. Consider the following order lines:
    Order Header Key Order Line Key Item Node Quantity Ship Date
    OH_KEY_1 OL_KEY_1 ITEM_1 NODE1 20  
    OH_KEY_1 OL_KEY_2 ITEM_2 NODE1 10  
  3. On scheduling with optimization on Cost and number of shipments, following expected dates are observed.
    Order Header Key Order Line Key Item Node Quantity Ship Date
    OH_KEY_1 OL_KEY_1 ITEM_1 NODE1 20 2023-01-10
    OH_KEY_1 OL_KEY_2 ITEM_2 NODE1 10 2023-01-10
  4. With initial Sterling Intelligent Promising Inventory Visibility APIs, when availability date breakup is not available, the observed ship date is 2023-01-20, which causes delay in shipment, though required inventory is available at an early date.
Example 2:

The following example outlines the changes for reservation and availability by dates.

  1. Consider the supply for the following ITEM_3.
    Item Node Supply Type ETA Quantity
    ITEM_3 NODE1 ONHAND 1900-01-01 10
    ITEM_3 NODE1 PO 2023-01-10 10
    ITEM_3 NODE1 PO 2023-01-20 10
  2. Reserve ITEM_3 for 2023-01-30 Ship Date.
    Requested reservation date is considered and the following reservation is observed in Sterling Intelligent Promising Inventory Visibility.
    Reservation ID Reference Item Node Quantity Ship Date
    RES000001 RES0000001 ITEM_3 NODE1 10 2023-01-30
  3. Consider a new reservation for ITEM_3 for 2023-01-10 Ship Date.
    Reservation ID Reference Item Node Quantity Ship Date
    RES000002 RES0000002 ITEM_3 NODE1 10 2023-01-10
  4. Consider a new reservation for ITEM_3 for 2023-01-01 Ship Date.
    Reservation ID Reference Item Node Quantity Ship Date
    RES000003 RES0000003 ITEM_3 NODE1 10 2023-01-01
  5. With initial Sterling Intelligent Promising Inventory Visibility APIs when Reservation by date breakup was not available, the observed ship date for RES000002 and RES000003 is 2023-01-20 for both, because the reservation consideration in availability was without any date.

For more information about the Sterling Intelligent Promising Inventory Visibility APIs, see V2 Availability APIs.

For more information about usage and migration, see Migrating to V2 availability API.

For more information about enabling this feature, contact IBM support.