Without a JIRA ticket providing the necessary business and use cases, et
al, it is difficult to address this topic.

One thing to keep in mind though, is that the (ultimate) gatekeeper
regarding fulfilment of orders is the warehouse manager.


Best regards,

Pierre Smits

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On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 9:01 AM, Jacques Le Roux <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Deepak,
>
> Will you later provide a patch in a Jira? It's easier for review.
>
> Jacques
>
>
>
> Le 17/08/2018 à 07:42, deepak nigam a écrit :
>
>> I have started some implementation regarding this. Here is the link for
>> the
>> reference,
>>
>> https://github.com/Deepak27021990/ofbiz-framework/tree/
>> sales-allocation-plan
>>
>> Thanks & Regards
>> --
>> Deepak Nigam
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 5:39 PM deepak nigam <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Moving thread to the dev mailing list.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 3:33 PM Jacques Le Roux <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Deepak,
>>>>
>>>> Interesting proposition, this should be discussed in dev ML
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Jacques
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Le 16/08/2018 à 11:28, deepak nigam a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> While creating orders from the backend, we have the option to set
>>>>> parameters like 'Ship After Date' and 'Ship Before Date' to manage the
>>>>> fulfilment cycle more efficiently. Inventory gets reserved for the
>>>>>
>>>> product
>>>>
>>>>> based on a FIFO basis. Sometimes the fulfilment time for the order is
>>>>>
>>>> high
>>>>
>>>>> and inventory unnecessarily gets locked for some time period.
>>>>>
>>>>> We can introduce a new parameter (at order item level) 'Reserve After
>>>>>
>>>> Date'
>>>>
>>>>> which will indicate the date only after which reservation can happen.
>>>>> In
>>>>> this way, we can manage the stock availability more efficiently.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 10:35 AM deepak nigam <
>>>>>
>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, James.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is the JIRA ticket
>>>>>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-10518> for the same.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Soon I
>>>>
>>>>> will share detailed design notes here and in the ticker also.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks & Regards
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Deepak Nigam
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 2:17 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Deepak - I did not see it in OFbiz but I did in Opentaps.  I can send
>>>>>>> you a video of the functionality
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Inventory Allocation Planning
>>>>>>> From: deepak nigam <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> Date: Thu, August 09, 2018 2:24 am
>>>>>>> To: [email protected], [email protected]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi James,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did you get a chance to confirm it in OFBiz?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> @All,
>>>>>>> As far as I came to know, the feature to allocate the inventory (not
>>>>>>> actual reservation at this point) is not available OOTB. We can think
>>>>>>> about the idea of its implementation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks & Regards
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Deepak Nigam
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 10:14 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This will only allocate the current inventory.  I see it in
>>>>>>>    opentaps...let me confirm in Ofbiz.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    -------- Original Message --------
>>>>>>>    Subject: Re: Inventory Allocation Planning
>>>>>>>    From: deepak nigam <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>    Date: Fri, August 03, 2018 12:40 am
>>>>>>>    To: [email protected]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    Thanks, James.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    Will this method honour the upcoming supply also? I am more
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> interested
>>>>
>>>>>    in a
>>>>>>>    supply allocation plan by using which I can allocate the available
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> and
>>>>
>>>>>    upcoming supply amongst the open orders.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    Thanks & Regards
>>>>>>>    --
>>>>>>>    Deepak Nigam
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 12:26 AM Paul Mandeltort <
>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>    wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    > Where is this screen located? Or are you referring to the order
>>>>>>>    > priority field in ordermgr?
>>>>>>>    >
>>>>>>>    > —P
>>>>>>>    >
>>>>>>>    > > On Jul 31, 2018, at 1:48 PM, <[email protected]> <
>>>>>>>    > [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>    > >
>>>>>>>    > >
>>>>>>>    > > There is a way to reallocate using the order priority screen.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> You
>>>>
>>>>> can
>>>>>>>    > > bump backorders up and give them a higher priority.
>>>>>>>    > >
>>>>>>>    > > Thanks,
>>>>>>>    > >
>>>>>>>    > > James
>>>>>>>    > > -------- Original Message --------
>>>>>>>    > > Subject: Inventory Allocation Planning
>>>>>>>    > > From: deepak nigam <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>    > > Date: Tue, July 31, 2018 5:28 am
>>>>>>>    > > To: [email protected]
>>>>>>>    > >
>>>>>>>    > > Hi All,
>>>>>>>    > >
>>>>>>>    > > In the current implementation of inventory reservation flow,
>>>>>>> inventory
>>>>>>>    > > gets
>>>>>>>    > > reserved for the order based on the reservation algorithm
>>>>>>> (FIFO,
>>>>>>> LIFO
>>>>>>>    > > etc).
>>>>>>>    > > Many times, the fulfilment cycle of the order is too long or
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> due to
>>>>
>>>>> some
>>>>>>>    > > unexpected circumstances, the order holds the inventory for a
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> long
>>>>
>>>>> time.
>>>>>>>    > > In
>>>>>>>    > > such scenarios, inventory availability becomes one of the
>>>>>>> major
>>>>>>>    > > bottlenecks
>>>>>>>    > > in fulfilling the other sales order and businesses often
>>>>>>> remains
>>>>>>> short
>>>>>>>    > > supplied against the demand.
>>>>>>>    > >
>>>>>>>    > > Is there a way to allocate the available and any future supply
>>>>>>>    > > judiciously
>>>>>>>    > > amongst existing customers orders by considering different
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> factors
>>>>
>>>>> like
>>>>>>>    > > estimated delivery dates, order priority, customer preference
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> etc?
>>>>
>>>>>    > >
>>>>>>>    > >
>>>>>>>    > > Thanks & Regards
>>>>>>>    > > --
>>>>>>>    > > Deepak Nigam
>>>>>>>    >
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>

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