Checking Material Availability in the Internet 

Prerequisites

To execute this process, your IDES system must have a connection to an Internet Transaction Server (ITS).

Procedure

  1. Switch to your Internet Browser (for example, Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer).
  2. Call up the IDES Homepage then select the language you require.
  3. Choose Shopping World.
  4. On the IDES Shopping World screen, choose Info Service ® Availability Check.

    5. The Available to Promise screen appears:

  5. Enter the following data:
    6.

    Field

    Data

    Customer number

    1960

    Password

    Welcome

  6. Choose Login.

    7. On the left side of the screen, you see a graphical overview of the available products. This is the product catalog described in the process Displaying Product Information in the Internet.

  7. Choose the Hardware Shop node.

    8. You now see a list of the product groups assigned to the hardware shop.

  8. Position your cursor on Hardware Shop, then choose Products in selected area.

    9. You can now search for the product you require.

  9. In the Search products by field, use the input help to select Number, then choose New Search.

    10. You now see a list of all products assigned to the hardware shop.

  10. Enter the following data:
    11.

    Field

    Data

    Matching

    DPC*

  11. Choose New Search.

    12. You see the results of the search.

  12. Position your cursor on the first product in the list, then choose Choose.

    13. The system displays the product number in the Material No. field.

  13. Enter the following data:
    14.

    Field

    Data

    Date

    End of the current month (MM.DD.YYYY)

    Quantity

    100

    If you do not enter a delivery date, the system checks the availability of the material for today's date. If you do not enter a quantity, the system displays the ATP quantity for the delivery date. The ATP quantity is the quantity still available on the desired date after allowing for requirements that have already been confirmed.

  14. Choose Availability Information.

    15. On the right side of the screen, you see the results of the availability check.

    The date refers not to the delivery date, but to the material staging date.

  15. You could now check out the availability of other products.
  16. Choose Exit to return to the Welcome to IDES Page.