Inventory Allocations for Sage MAS 500

Manage Inventory Commitments to Sales Orders
Inventory Allocations for Sage MAS 500 provides the level of inventory commitment required by many manufacturers and suppliers particularly when faced with constrained inventory availability when demand outpaces supply. Using Inventory Allocations for Sage MAS 500, a business can maintain customer satisfaction with the knowledge that the commitments it makes will be fulfilled.

With Inventory Allocations for Sage MAS 500, allocating and de-allocating inventory to customer orders is easy to perform and uses rules-based logic to fulfill orders based on priority, order date, request date, must ship status, backorder status, ship complete, etc. A user can select the sequence in which the available rules are evaluated and which ones to use. Selection criteria also makes it possible to allocate using these rules by Item, Item Class, Customer, Product Category, etc. Any allocated inventory can be de-allocated to make it available to other orders. Available and Allocated inventory is visible on the Sales Order line.

Built with the Sage MAS 500 Application Framework, the Inventory Allocations module provides the same rich graphical and ease-of-use features found throughout Sage MAS 500. Integration with Sage MAS 500 is achieved with Customizer.

Automatic Inventory Allocation
Automatically commit inventory to Sales Orders through an easy to use multi-selection and processing screen. Select only the orders you wish to allocate based on Item, Customer, Shipping Date, Shipping Priority, etc.

Shipping Priority
Orders can have Shipping Priorities assigned such as Must Ship, Backorder, Replacement, Regular and Sample. Inventory can be allocated based on Shipping Priority.

Rules Sequence
Create multiple sets of Allocation Rules to define the sequence in which inventory is to be allocated to orders. For example, orders defined as Must Ship, Backorder, Replacement, Regular and Sample can be sequenced in any order and Inventory will be allocated accordingly.

Direct Allocation
If you want to manually Allocate inventory to orders, the Direct Allocation option gives the user the ability to enter and override allocated quantities.

Run Allocations Anytime
Allocations can be run anytime and processed in an iterative fashion with different rule sets applied each time. This provides ultimate flexibility for performing multiple passes with different rules and sequences.

Sales Order Visibility
Users can view the status of Inventory Quantity Available and Quantity Allocated right from the Sales Order line.

Includes Auto Ship Module
The Auto Ship module is included providing increased efficiency over picking and shipping processes. When used with the Allocations module, Auto Ship will select for picking only order lines for which there is an allocated quantity. The user has the flexibility to include lines that have not been allocated but for which there is an available quantity, performing the Allocate and Ship processes simultaneously. Please see the Auto Ship and Receive brochure for additional information.

Auto Pick & Ship
When used with Allocations, the Auto Shipping process allows for selection based on Percent Allocated. For example, you may only want to pick orders that are at least 90% allocated, minimizing your backorder situation by excluding any order less than 90% allocated. This percent can represent the Cost or Sale value of the order, and can vary by Shipment Priority, i.e., Must Ship 80%, Backorders 90%, etc. Ship Complete orders must be 100% Allocated.