Overview
Supply types dictate how stock allocation will apply to a sale order line line. If you have stock allocation enabled, the system will use the Allocate supply type by default, unless you have an override defined on the customer card or product location.
Definitions
| Allocate | Back Order | Ship Allowed | Use Case / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allocate | Any stock that is available | Remaining quantity |  | Default. Used in majority of cases. |
| Ignore | No | Full quantity ordered | | Behaves like stock allocation was turned off. This has several implications. No stock allocation e.g., displayed stock "never" to be allocated. If you click on the ship button, the whole on order quantity will be extracted to the sale shipment. As sale shipments include everything on order when stock allocation is turned off. |
| Priority | Any stock, even if it's been allocated elsewhere | Remaining quantity | | Urgent orders. |
| In Stock | Only if full quantity is available | No | | One shipment order. |
| Back Order | No | Full quantity ordered |  | Manually control the order processing however still want to increase the stock quantity on hand via purchase run. |
| Quarantine | No | No | | Location for returned stock or over supply of stock quantity for reviewing and processing at a later time. |
| Waiting | No | No | | Set by the system if the order has a future "Ship After" date or is waiting on stock from drop shipments or allocated purchases. |