- 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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