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DifferenttypesofAvailabilityCheck
Therearetwotypesofavailabilitycheck:
1)AvailabilitycheckforthevariousstocktypesinInventoryManagement.
2)CheckfortheavailablestocksinMaterialsPlanning(MRP).
Availabilitycheckofthestocktypesiscarriedoutautomaticallyandcannotbemanuallysetinthesystem.Non
availabilityresultsinanerrormessage.
TheavailablestockscheckinMRPisactivatedinthematerialmasterrecordandcanbeconfiguredin
CustomizingforMRP.
Yoursystemadministratorcandefine:
>Whetheranavailabilitycheckistobecarriedout
>Whethernonavailabilityistoresultinawarningmessageoranerrormessage
InCustomizingforInventoryManagement,youcanconfigurethedynamicavailabilitycheckforgoods
movements.InthestepDefineCheckingRule,youdetermineforeachcheckingrulewhichstocks,receipts,and
issuesshouldbeincludedintheavailabilityoverview(transactioncodeCO09).
Rememberthatthesystemdoesnotupdatetheconsumptionstatisticsinthematerialmasterrecordifyoupost
goodsmovementsusingthespecialstocktypesSalesorderstockandProjectstock.
CheckingAvailabilityofStockTypes
Foreverymaterialmovement,thesystemautomaticallyperformsanavailabilitycheckofthestocktypesifthis
hasbeendefinedforamaterial.Theavailabilitycheckpreventsthebookinventorybalanceofthevarious
physicalstocktypes(forexample,unrestrictedusestock)frombecomingnegative.
Ifseveralwithdrawalsofmaterialareenteredinasingledocument(forexample,fordifferentaccount
assignments),thesystemcheckstheavailabilityofthematerialforeachitementered.Itcheckswhetherthe
desiredquantitycanbewithdrawn.Thesystemtakesintoaccountthoseitemsofthedocumentthathavealready
beenentered,butnotyetposted.
Ifthereisnotenoughstocktocoverthewithdrawal,thesystemissuesanerrormessage.
Theavailabilitycheckincludesthestockinquestionatplant,storagelocation,andspecialstockslevel,forthe
currentmonthand,ifnecessary,forthepreviousmonth.Differentstocksarechecked,dependingonthe
movementtype:
=>Inthecaseofawithdrawalforconsumption,unrestrictedusestockischecked.
=>Inthecaseofareleasefromstockinqualityinspection,qualityinspectionstockischecked.
=>Inthecaseofconsumptionofconsignmentmaterial,consignmentstockforunrestricteduseischecked.
CheckingAvailableStocks
Inadditiontocheckingthevarioustypesofphysicalstock,youcanalsocheckavailablestockfromaMaterials
Planningperspective.Withthistypeofavailabilitycheck,youcan,forexample,preventaquantityalready
reservedfrombeingusedforanotherpurpose.
Thereare100piecesofamaterialinunrestrictedusestock.70piecesofthese100havebeenreservedfora
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DifferenttypesofAvailabilityCheck
particularrequirementdate.
Youwanttowithdraw50piecesforadifferentpurpose.Iftheavailabilitycheckisactive,dependingonhowthe
systemisset,youwillreceive:
=>Awarningmessage
=>Anerrormessage
=>Nomessage
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