Short Allocation/Short Pick

The allocation process partially allocated less than the ordered quantity using available inventory.   There are pick exceptions - meaning you were ONLY able to pick less than the allocated quantity.

Short allocation means that during the allocation process, the application could only partially find some available product inventory, but not all, to fulfill an order line item. There are two (2) reasons as to why this may happen.

1. You do not have enough available inventory for a given product.

2. There may be products just received in the receiving dock but have not been put away into inventory locations to make them available for allocation.  

Short pick means the picker could not pick the required quantity. There are two (2) reasons as to why this may happen.

1. When the picker arrives at the inventory location to pick, he discovers that certain quantity of the product is simply NOT there!!

2. When the picker arrives at the inventory location to pick, he discovers that certain quantity of the product is damaged beyond pickable/salable condition.

To remedy this situation, you may have to:

1. Accept short pick and then ship short.

2. Unallocated some other lower-priority orders to make those product inventory available for this order then allocation this order again.

3. Cancel the order and wait for more product inventory to become available via inbound.

The process for handling this type of exception is similar to the process outlined in the Short Allocation/Full Pick section above.