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<p class="Help-Heading-1">Track Available Quantities</p>
<p class="Help-Text"><a href="invenvoverview.htm">Inventory Overview</a> <span style="color: #c0c0c0;">|</span> <a href="inven_reminder_reorder.htm">Reorder Item Reminders</a></p>
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<p class="Help-Text">The term <span class="hcp1">available quantity</span> refers to the current on-hand quantity of an item minus the quantity of that item already committed to active customer orders. The available quantity is sometimes referred to as the <span class="hcp1">available to promise</span> quantity. Knowing the available quantity helps you make sales decisions and plan for additional purchases of the item.</p>
<p class="Help-Text">Available quantity calculations are used in Point of Sale to:</p>
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<p class="Help-Bulleted">Alert you when you don't have sufficient available quantity of an item to complete a sales transaction.</p>
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<p class="Help-Bulleted">Determine when items should be added to your reorder reminders list. If you prefer, you can set your <a href="../qbpos_company_preferences/companyprefs_inventory.htm">company preferences</a> to create reorder reminders based on the on-hand quantity instead.</p>
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<p class="Help-Info-Line">Where can I see an item's available quantity?</p>
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<p class="Help-Text" style="font-weight: normal;">In the Basic Info section of the New/Edit Item form, select <span class="hcp3">Available</span> to open the <a href="inven_avblqty_wndw.htm">Available Quantities window</a>. This window summarizes all item quantity information, including current on-hand, on-order, and committed to customer orders, as well as a listing of the documents affecting those quantities.</p>
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<p class="Help-Text" style="font-weight: normal;">In the <span class="hcp3">Avail Qty</span> &#160;column, available in your item list and on many Point of Sale documents and inventory reports. You may have to <a href="../qbpos_basic_procedures/basic_customizelistcolumns.htm" style="font-weight: normal;">add</a> the column to view it.</p>
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<p class="Help-Text" style="font-weight: normal;">In the <span class="hcp3">Item</span> <span class="hcp3">Information</span> window, accessed by selecting <span class="hcp3">Edit Item</span> (&lt;F5&gt;) for an item listed on a document.</p>
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<p class="Help-Text">Quantities of an item on <a href="../qbpos_basic_procedures/basic_holding_a_document.htm">held</a> documents or on customer orders assigned a <a href="../qbpos_customer_orders/custorder_statustracking.htm">status</a> of <span class="hcp3">Pending</span> (such as those used to give estimates or quotes) are not reflected in the available quantity of the item.</p>
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