By definition "Soft Reservation"
"Hard 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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