Availability Check Control

The availability check control defines which document types and stocks are taken into account by the product availability check, as detailed in the following list:

The product availability check can be configured to consider the following document types:
- Purchase orders
- Purchase requisitions
- Dependent requirements
- Reservations
- Sales requirements
- Deliveries
- Shipping notifications
- Dependent reservations
- Release order requirements
- Planned orders
- Production orders
Unrestricted-use stock is always considered in the product availability check. The product availability check can be configured to include or exclude the following stock types:
- Safety stock
- Stock in transfer
- Quality inspection stock
- Blocked stock
- Restricted-use stock
- Subcontractor stock

In addition, the availability check control is used for the following:

Defining the number of days in the future for which the system checks for missing parts during goods receipt posting in Inventory Management
Receipts in past
Deactivating checks at storage location level
Replenishment lead times (for more information, see Replenishment Lead Times)