Inventory reservations

In IBM® Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation, demand is composed of different types of specific entities called “demands.” One type of demand is a reservation. How does one guarantee to a customer that inventory has been put on hold for the customer? One way is to create a reservation on the system, which the customer must confirm or cancel. A reservation is a quantity of an item that a customer places on hold with the intent to buy. This takes an amount of inventory out of available inventory to cater to a customer's specific demand. A reservation can be upgraded to an order or it can be canceled.
Table 1. Item information
Fields Description
Item ID The item identifier.
Product Class The item's classification, such as first quality, second quality, or finished good. Orders for items are placed against this classification.
Unit of Measure The item's unit of measure
Description A brief description of the item.
Table 2. Inventory reservations screen, reservation
Actions Description
Add This action takes you to the Add Reservation screen to add a reservation for the item information provided in the header panel.
Delete This action deletes the selected inventory reservations.
Fields
Reservation ID The reservation's ID. This hyper link takes you to the Modify Reservation screen where you modify the reservation details.
Ship Node The ship node the item reservation is made against.
Ship Date The order's ship date for which the reservation can be used.
Note: This field is not time zone sensitive.
Reservation Date The date the reservation was made.
Quantity The quantity reserved.

The item level reservations can be added by selecting a reservation in the Inventory Reservations screen and clicking the Add action.

Table 3. Add reservation
Fields Description
Reservation ID Enter an identifier for the reservation.
Ship Node Enter the ship node you want to reserve the item at. This field is mandatory.
Ship Date Enter the order's ship date for which the reservation can be used.
Reservation Quantity Enter the quantity of the item you want to reserve.