Hello,
We have a couple of categories of of the same material that sell infrequently to specific customers. We currently use Blocked to prevent this material from being allocated. The issue is that we want to be able to easily distinguish one category from the other. Since we're a Make-To-Stock environment what is the best way to do this? We use blocked for a few other categories of inventory where one user wants to prevent allocation by another user. So blocked becomes a dumping ground for anything that someone doesn't want allocated.
With Restricted is it possible to prevent automatic allocation while still allowing manual allocation to a sales order? Can restricted stock be moved from one plant (or storage location) to another without making it unrestricted first?
Is Reserved possible in a MTS environment? Can material be reserved without a sales order, stock transport order, purchase order, etc.? In MTS, can reserved material be allocated to a different sales order without first un-reserving it?
There is an option to use storage location to virtually separate the material but this doesn't seem best practice to me when SAP has categories such as Restricted and Reserved. Creating new materials out of the old material is not an option.
I've gone through the message board for quite some time researching this. I've found some applicable threads but am seeking confirmation for my questions.
Thank you and regards,
Jared Sposato