Thursday, September 27, 2012

Soft Reservation and Hard Reservation in Oracle Sales Order

By definition "Soft Reservation"

  • Sales order demand is a soft reservation.
  • When you are entering sales order go to tools and check the "reserve" that is soft reservation.
  • In Planning parameter form not enabled the check box Net reservation, the planning process considers all Sales Order demand as soft reservation.
  
"Hard Reservation"

  • Hard reservation is sales order demand that you *firm * by reserving selected inventory for the purposes of material planning.
  • Available to promise (ATP) calculations and customer service issues. 
  • In the planning parameter form whenever you enable the check box  Net reservations, the planning process satisfy hard reservation demand before soft reservations.
  • Further we have to set Pegging Method under MPS/MRP planning tab.
  • If the order is pick released for the customer that is hard release.

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