Create and maintain an inventory blocking

This article describes how to use an inventory blocking to prevent physical on-hand inventory from being reserved by other outbound source documents. Before you start the procedures in this article, you must have an item that physical on-hand inventory is available for.

Block inventory

To create an inventory blocking record so that inventory is blocked, follow these steps.

1. Go to Inventory management > Periodic tasks > Inventory blocking.
2. On the Action Pane, select New.
3. On the header of the new blocking record, set the Item number field to the item that you want to block, and enter a description.
4. On the General FastTab, in the Quantity field, enter the number of items to block.
5. On the Inventory dimensions FastTab, specify the site and warehouse where the items that you want to block are currently located.
6. On the Action Pane, select Save.

Update the conditions of the inventory blocking

To update an inventory blocking record, follow these steps.

1. Go to Inventory management > Periodic tasks > Inventory blocking.
2. In the list pane, select the relevant blocking record.
3. Edit the record as required. For example, you might change the value of the Expected date field to indicate when the blocked inventory is expected to become available for reservation. If the Expected receipts option is selected, the date will appear on the expected transaction. (The Expected receipts option is selected by default when you manually create a blocking record.)
4. On the Action Pane, select Save.

Unblock inventory

To remove an inventory blocking record so that inventory is unblocked, follow these steps.

1. Go to Inventory management > Periodic tasks > Inventory blocking.
2. In the list pane, select the relevant blocking record.
3. On the Action Pane, select Delete.
4. You're prompted to confirm the operation. Select Yes to continue.
5. Close the page.