Generate shortages
Use this parameter to define if the allocations that have failed will generate shortages for the missing quantities. A shortage quantity is therefore used to display the impossibility to service a document at a given moment. This is used to establish an unavailability and to later process these shortages.
No - If an allocation fails, no shortage will be generated.
Yes - If an allocation fails, the quantity that could not be allocated will be displayed in the form of a shortage quantity.
Level of localization/Global variable
This parameter is defined at the level Site. It belongs to Chapter STO (Inventory) and the Group MIS (Miscellaneous), The following parameters are also associated with this chapter and group :
- FEALOTLEV (Characteristic level of lot)
- INQMVSLTI (Transaction inquiry history)
- LOCSUG (Suggested locations)
- LOCTYPSEQ (Location type sequence)
- MFGMTSNUM (Automatic WO transaction)
- SCOPTRNUM (Automatic EO transaction)
- SHTDLV (Delivery of shortage qties)
- SSCCCOU (Counter identifier)
- SSCCROOT (Root of SSCC code)
- STOADMIN (Stock administrator)
- STODISSCO (Subcontract stock)
- STOTRACE (Stock update trace level)
- STOTRK (Traceability)
- WIPSTOLCK (Blocked qties in process of put-away)
The global variable GGENSHT is associated with it.
Functions concerned
The following functions are associated with this parameter :
Sales > Allocations > Automatic allocations
Sales > Allocations > Allocations by product
Sales > Orders > Orders
Sales > Orders > Delivery requests