Demand Channel Template

Channel ID

Unique channel identifier.

Description

Description of the channel.

Demand order type

Order type of the demand. This is used to determine the order query.

• Sales

• Transfer order

• Raw material

• Process Kanban (not yet supported)

• Transfer Kanban (not yet supported)

Effective

Effective date/time for this template record.

Expiration

Expiration date/time for this template record.

Enabled

Select the checkbox to enable the template record for processing.

Processing order

Controls the order in which reservation is run over the demand within this channel:

• Ship date: Process in ship date order.

• Margin of profit: Process highest margin to lowest (only for sales orders).

• FIFO: Process by order header creation date/time (only for sales and transfer orders).

Number of lead days

Number of days to look forward for demand to reserve based on ship date.

Number of days past due

Number of days to look back for demand to reserve based on ship date.

Allow all backorders

Select this checkbox to include all backorders regardless of reservation time fence.

Minimum profit margin

The minimum profit margin of the demand line in order to be assigned to the channel.

Substitution lead days

Number of days to look forward for demand to substitute based on ship date.

Substitution days past due

Number of days to look back for demand to substitute base on ship date.

Demand validation policy group ID

Specifies the Demand Validation Policy that should be applied against the template line.

Revalidation policy ID

Specifies the Revalidation Policies that should be applied against the template line.

Use backorder management

Determines if backorder management will be used to place orders on hold and cancel unfulfilled quantities when there are inventory shortages.

Held for backorder period

The number of days past ship date that backorders are held prior to complete fulfillment.

Once this period expires, the order will ship with the units that are fulfilled, along with all other lines on the order.

The unfulfilled units remain unfulfilled. You can set Backorder cancel period to manage how long unfulfilled items remain backordered.

Note

This feature displays on the sales order header as the Held for backorder toggle.

When this toggle is turned on, it indicates that the entire order should be held, including other line items that are fulfilled, for the period of time set here.

Once this defined period passes, the toggle reverts to No.

Open

Backorder cancel period

The number of days past ship date that remaining backorder inventory is cancelled.

Automatically cancel backorders?

Determines if backorders are automatically cancelled once they have fallen into the cancelation period.

Backorder cancel reason code

The backorder cancellation reason code. 

See Backorder Cancel Reason Code for more information.