Network shortage
One warehouse’s backorders answer a local question. This report looks at the whole network and separates two entirely different situations:
- the goods are nowhere — they have to be bought,
- the goods are in another building — they have to be moved.
Stockly → Dashboard, then Network shortage in the section rail on the left; this is the one report the Dashboard dropdown does not list.
Two views
Section titled “Two views”- By product (what to buy) — the buyer’s perspective,
- By order (who is waiting) — the customer-service perspective.
Figures
Section titled “Figures”Missing in the network — how many units are missing across the network. Held at another node — how many of them lie in another node. Products affected, Orders affected.
Columns
Section titled “Columns”By product: Product, Missing, At another node, Orders, Nodes, Oldest order.
By order: Order, Ordered, Allocated to, Products.
The Oldest order column is the most practical of them: it shows how long somebody has been waiting, which usually settles the order of work.
Reading the result
Section titled “Reading the result”If At another node is close to Missing, the problem is not stock but its distribution; the answer is a transfer, not a purchase.
→ Replenishment suggestions · Transfer obligations
If At another node is near zero, the goods really are not there and have to be ordered.
An empty list
Section titled “An empty list”“Nothing is short” means every open order can be covered by the node it was allocated to. That is the target state.