IN THIS ARTICLE
- Demand: Overview
- Text Guide:
- Navigate to the Demand page
- View the Demand page
- Filter demand listings
Demand: Overview
Demand page provides a common view of the demand created for material(s) by sales order, purchase order and transfer orders.This is useful for vendors and administrators to plan stock allocation across orders.
TEXT GUIDE:
Navigate to the Demand page
- Click on the Orders tab in the main menu
- Select the Demand tab from the drop-down list
- View a list of all demands across entities
View the Demand page
1. The demand page lists all demands in a tabular format, displaying the following information:
a. Sl.No: demands are listed in a chronological order, with the latest one on top
b. Vendor: the entity sending the material. Click on the vendor name to view the details of the vendor
c. Material: the material to be dispatched by the vendor
d. Ordered: the quantity of material that has been ordered by the customer
e. Allocated: the stock that has been allocated for the ordered material
f. Shipped: quantity that has been shipped out by the vendor, this can be partial shipment (part of the ordered amount) or a complete shipment
g. Yet to ship: quantity remaining to be shipped out to the customer
h. Stock on hand: total amount of stock at the vendor facility
i Available stock: total amount of stock available for use (Stock on hand - Allocated stock)
j. In-transit stock: stock that has left the vendor facility and is on the way to the customer, but has not reached yet
k. Actions: option to clear allocated stock, thus making it available for use
l. Number of listings: indicates how many orders (sales/purchase/transfer) are listed on the page, and the total count
2. Click on the Sales order or Purchase order tab to change the demand view. By default, the demand created by Sales orders are listed on the page
Filter demand listings
The demand listings can be customised as per requirement using the following filters:
- Entity: provides a list of demands created by selected entity - the vendors who are fulfilling the demand (sales order view) or the customers who have raised the demand (purchase orders view)
- Material: provides a list of demands for the selected item
- Entity tags: provides a list of demands created by entities grouped within a specific tag
- Material tags: provides a list of demands created for materials grouped within a specific category
- Order type: Toggle between sales orders and purchase orders to view demands that have been placed by customers or demands being fulfilled by vendors
- Exclude transfers demand: check this box to view all demands EXCEPT those that have been raised via a transfer order
- Reset: resets all filters to default values
