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Availability Check Calculation

  • February 3, 2026
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Do Gooder (Customer)
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Hello,

I am not sure which sub forum to put this question in, originally, I had asked it in Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM).

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I have a question regarding the Availability Check function and what it does and does not include.

I am currently working in version 9 and currently using the CO Plannable field in Inventory Part Availability Planning to confirm what is included in the check.

From what I can determine, requisitions and MRP planned supply/demand do not factor. This is understandable as they are not firm-enough to be considered. Shop Orders in a planned state will count as plannable supply, but the components of the shop order do not count as plannable demand. Planned purchase orders count as supply.

Is there a way in to have planned shop order components and/or MRP Planned supply/demand to also be calculated in the availability check? If not, what methods do you suggest in order to have IFS provide consistent reliable dates for customer orders?

Thanks in advance,

Andrew

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Hero (Employee)
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  • Hero (Employee)
  • February 4, 2026

Hi Andrew,

I try to add some thoughts here. Good question by way.

In your specific case - do you also sell shop order components - using CO Lines? As spare parts perhaps?

As we know the availability check is kicked in when you enter/modifying a customer order line (if the part in question has the Availability Check toggle enabled.

However this logic also kicks in when releasing a Shop Order and/or when reserving a shop order component. We also have the Shop Order Availability screen where the availability check logic is considered.

Also, allow me to put in a good word for the “Run Availability Check” that you can run for a set of Planned Shop Orders. This is an excellent tool prior you release your shop orders, even though you could complain about the user interface.

Above shop order component checks works best for shop orders where the components are in Planned State. The oracle view under the hood and the logic is the same as in the CO Line Availability check. 

When it comes to shop order component availability check, problems shows up in the Shop Order Planning Alerts - Shop Order screen.

So here we have your problem Andrew. From a release shop order component point of view the IFS solution is good. But when entering CO lines for these guys we run into your problem.

In a perfect solution this would be separate views or at least configurable by the customers. So that planned shop order component demand would be visible when entering CO Lines for these components.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

-Mats

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