Item-based allocation (IBA) is a process that reallocates the uncommitted
and committed demands for items of existing orders to more suitable supplies based on user
configuration and supply and demand changes in the system.
Sterling Selling and
Fulfillment Foundation provides
two types of item-based allocation options:
- FIFO prioritization, giving orders that are placed
first a higher priority than those placed later.
- User-configured prioritization based on order attributes,
giving the specified orders higher priority than others
When user-configured IBA priorities are not set,
or they are set and completed, Sterling Selling and
Fulfillment Foundation defaults
to system-configured IBA priorities.
This subsequent sections describe both types of
IBA.
Note: When an order is an ASAP order, the ETS/ETD will be the current
date. If you have initially scheduled it against a PO supply, and
you get a better supply before the Purchase Order’s date, but after
today, then it will put the order on hold. When it is a delivery
order, the ETS/ETD will be the appointment's date. So, it will put
the order on hold only if a better inventory is available after the
appointment's date.