Dynamics 365 Business Central
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Mar 27, 2024
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- Order promising in Business Central is a set of functionalities designed to estimate sales order delivery dates based on item availability, warehouse handling time, and customer lead times.
- Business Central can calculate and promise delivery dates based on the order date or can record the customers' request for a delivery date and see if it can be met.
- Before using order promising, it is necessary to set it up by defining the offset time, order promising numbers, order promising template, and order promising worksheet.
- Item availability in Business Central is calculated based on supply and demand, which includes outbound requests and scheduled inbounds. Accurate records of these dates are necessary for accurate availability calculations.
- The availability of an inventory item can be viewed on the Sales Line Details fact box page in Business Central, where the logic around supply and demand dates is explained.
- Available to Promise is a type of order promising that calculates the delivery date based on unreserved quantity in inventory and planned supply. It provides the earliest delivery date based on the available information.
- Capable to Promise is another type of order promising that looks at available inventory plus planning parameters to suggest replenishment of stock unavailable via purchase orders, transfers, or production orders.
- Order promising in Business Central can be used to update sales order delivery dates based on item availability and replenishment methods. It supports both Available to Promise and Capable to Promise.
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