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Hi,

I’m running into an issue and haven’t been able to find a solution.

Our inventory is set to Reserve and Backflush. When we issue a shop order, the system correctly reserves the available on-hand quantity and creates a shortage entry in the Shop Order Materials with Shortage table.

Example:
We require 20 units, but only 10 are on-hand. The system reserves the 10 units and we proceed with manufacturing. A shortage of 10 units is recorded.

Later, 8 additional units arrive from the supplier and are made available in the warehouse. We manually reserve these 8 units, pick them, and send them to the shop. However, the remaining 2 units are not flagged as a shortage. The system shows no further shortages, and the final 2 units are not captured.

Are we missing a step in the process that would allow the system to recognize and track the remaining 2 units as a shortage?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Not my specialist subject but … 

 

Do you need to kick off another attempt at ‘reservation’ of the final 2 on the SO?  

 

Analyze Shop Order Materials with Shortage

Explanation

Use this activity to analyze shop order material lines with shortages. A shortage occurs when the quantity on hand is not enough to meet the quantity required for a reservation.

Prerequisites

  • A reservation must have been triggered for a shop order material line, but failed to reserve the required quantity.
  • The system parameter Shortage Handling in Parameters for Distribution and Manufacturing must be set to Yes.
  • The Shortage Notification option in Inventory Part/Supply and Demand Controls section must be enabled for the inventory part.
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