Sample use case and demo for the soft reservation with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management.

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A sales representative soft reserved 500 units with request A, updating inventory visibility to 500 soft reservations and 230 units still available.
Another customer created request B for 200 units of the same product, resulting in 700 soft reservations and 30 units still available.
Despite the soft reservations, the on-hand physical inventory in SCM remains at 730 units after both requests A and B.
The sales manager in the main office created a sales order in D365 SCM for 100 units, highlighting the importance of soft reservations to prevent double-booking and underdeliveries.
The article provides guidance on installing the Inventory Visibility Add-in for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management and setting up soft reservation functionality.
The functionality showcased in the article is beneficial for businesses with multiple sources for creating sales orders and reserving products for customers.
The example in the article demonstrates how Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management and external systems can interact through APIs to ensure accurate inventory visibility.
A video demo included in the article showcases successful and failed soft reservation scenarios, emphasizing the importance of a single source of truth for inventory availability.

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