How to: Create an Allocation Plan Distribute

  1. Navigate to the Allocation Plan List page in Departments - LS Retail - Replenishment - Manual.
  2. On the Home action menu, click New and select the Process Type Distribute in the dialog box:
  3. The Code field is populated automatically from the Allocation Plan No. Series field of the Replenishment Setup or it can be filled in manually.
  4. Fill in the fields on the General FastTab as described in the following table:
  5. Field Description
    Warehouse Location Code This field specifies the default warehouse code. It will be used if no information exists in the Replen. From Warehouse List. The items will be purchased to this warehouse.
    Warehouse Buffer % This field specifies the percentage of the warehouse buffer for the affected item(s) that should be ordered additionally to the group quantities and kept in the Warehouse Location Code. When filling in lines in the Allocation Plan Distribute Lines FastTab, the field Buffer % is defaulted with the value in this field.
    Allocation Rule Code This field defines how the affected quantity of the item(s) to distribute is assigned to the destinations. The Allocation Rule lets you set up weights on Destinations to define how many items and variants the Destination will receive. See Allocation Rule for more information.
    Show Group Line Confirm Warn. This field specifies if the confirmation message to clear the Allocation Rule Code in Allocation Plan Distribute Lines will be displayed when the Allocation Plan Groups are changed.
    Order Date This field specifies the Order Date that is passed into the created Purchase, Transfer, or Sales Order. If left blank, the WORKDATE is passed during the order creation.
    Open-to-Buy Date This field specifies the Open-to-Buy Date that is passed into the created Purchase Order. This date is used to perform Open-to-Buy checks on an Allocation Plan. For more information refer to How to: Perform Open-to-Buy Checks on Allocation Plans .
    Buyer ID This field specifies the Buyer ID for this Allocation Plan. This is used in the Buyer's Workbench to filter documents for buyers or buyer groups.
    Buyer Group This field specifies the Buyer Group for this Allocation Plan. This is used in the Buyer's Workbench to filter documents for buyers or buyer groups.

  6. Fill in the fields in the Allocation Plan Distribute Lines FastTab. This can be done manually or with assistance from the system. For more information see How to: Add Items to Allocation Plan Distribute Lines.

See Also

Allocation Plan Distribute

Allocation Rule

Manual Replenishment