Creating distribution groups

Depending on your fulfillment requirements, you can create different types of distribution groups for the Inventory service and the Promising service. You can use the distribution groups to track your inventory and to promise and fulfill orders.

Before you begin

Ensure that you are familiar with the distribution group concept. For more information, see Distribution groups.

About this task

It is required that you create a distribution group to track your inventory. Then, you can create a Sourcing or Procurement distribution group for promising calculations or shipment transfers.
Note: You cannot modify the purpose of a distribution group. If you want to modify the purpose, delete the distribution group and re-create it with the correct purpose.

Procedure

  1. Log in to Order Hub.
  2. On the Intelligent Promising tab, click Create distribution group.
  3. In the New distribution group window, enter the following details:
    Name
    The name of the distribution group.
    ID
    The identifier for the distribution group.
    Purpose
    Select one of the following purposes for the distribution group:
    • Sourcing - For promising rules and all functions that includes estimated delivery date (EDD) and checkout lookups.
    • Inventory - For network inventory lookup and functions that are provided by the Inventory service.
    • Procurement - For a distribution group that participates in node-to-node transfers.
  4. Select the Enable unassigned demand considerations to enable considering unassigned demands in the distribution group.
  5. Click Add nodes to add nodes to the distribution group. Depending on your order fulfillment requirements, you can prioritize the nodes.
  6. Click Create to create the distribution group.