Purchasing & Inventory - Limiting Specific Outlets from Requesting More Stock than is Available

Overview

When requisitioning items from Outlet to Outlet, there may be instances where an item is requested when there are none available in the system. 

It may be preferable that limits are placed on which Outlets have this ability to request these items.

Configuration

Allowing More Stock Than Available
 

• Go to Property > Administration > Requisition
• Select Allow requisition request more than available stock, as per Fig.1

Fig.1 – Property Administration

Choosing which Outlets can post Outlet Requisitions for more than available Stock
 

• Go to Property > Setup > Outlet
• In the Validate Stock column, select the Outlets that should not be able to go into negative stock values only

Fig.2 – Property Outlet

When an Outlet is disabled from going into negative stock using the ‘Validate Stock’ column, an Outlet Requisition will still be able to be saved and approved. However, the Requisition will not be available to be posted.