Sales Allocations are designed to allocate a quantity of product at a specific price. Optionally, specific quantities can be assigned to selected sales staff members, so a limited supply of product can be tightly controlled.
Adding a Sales Allocation
To create a Sales Allocation, go to Hub / Setup / Sales Allocations, and select Add.
Be sure to complete the required fields, including Product, Quantity, Selling Price, Booking Start Date, and Booking Expiration Date. The Status defaults to Open when adding a Sales Allocation.
Select Save. If a Sales Allocation needs to be discontinued from use, change the Status to Closed.
A Sales Allocation can be entered for a single product and is valid for the same Product ID in other Locations when the Departments have matching Categories. When a Sales Order is created for an allocated product, the Allocation # column is highlighted in red in the Product grid. Double-click that cell and select the appropriate Allocation for that product. The Allocation number will appear in the Allocation # column.
If the customer selected on the Sales Order does not have one of the salespeople assigned to the account and the order is for an allocated product, no Allocation can be chosen. To have the Sales Order applied to the Allocation, assign an appropriate Salesperson to the customer by selecting Additional Info and choosing the appropriate Salesperson from the drop-down.
Editing a Sales Allocation
Sales Allocations cannot be edited after they have been used on a Sales Order with the exception of the Status. For example, the Sales Allocation Status can be set to Closed.
Deleting a Sales Allocation
Select the Sales Allocation to be deleted, and choose Delete. Sales Allocations cannot be deleted if they are included with a product on an existing Sales Order.
Sales Allocation Status
Check the Status of a Sales Allocation at Hub / Setup / Sales Allocations. Select the Allocation then the Status button. The Status shows the current state of the allocation.
Sales Orders entered prior to the Sales Allocation being entered will not be automatically assigned to any existing Sales Allocations. The Sales Orders can be edited and the allocated items can be assigned to the Sales Allocation by editing the Product grid. The Sales Allocation price will be set on those items when the Allocation is chosen.
Allocation Quantity
The Allocation Quantity can be exceeded. If the quantity of product on a Sales Order exceeds the quantity on the Sales Allocation, the Sales Order is saved normally and the Status of the Sales Allocation goes negative. The entire quantity of allocated product on the Sales Order is set to the price on its Sales Allocation.
Sales Allocations for Mobile Sales
See the Sales Allocations for Mobile Sales document for more information on sales allocations regarding Mobile Sales.
