This topic describes the different options that are available for reserving inventory.
You can automatically reserve inventory quantities for a specific sales order. This means that reserved inventory cannot be withdrawn from the warehouse for other orders unless the inventory reservation, or part of the inventory reservation, is canceled.
There are several reasons for reserving inventory:
- First ordered, first delivered, which means that customers get available items in the same order in which they place their orders.
- Shortage of items due to a long or unknown delivery time from the vendor. You might want to make sure that certain customers or orders get delivery of the first-available items.
- Certain customers and certain types of or