Quick answer
When LaSyncro reserves inventory for order demand, those units remain physically on hand but are removed from the quantity available for another reservation.
This prevents the same warehouse stock from being allocated twice.
How a reservation changes inventory
Suppose a location contains 10 units:
- On-hand: 10
- Reserved: 0
- Available: 10
If 3 units are reserved for released order demand:
- On-hand: 10
- Reserved: 3
- Available: 7
The physical stock has not disappeared.
Three units have simply been held for existing demand.
Available stock
Available stock is calculated from the physical on-hand quantity after reservations:
Available = On-hand - Reserved
LaSyncro uses available inventory when evaluating whether stock can satisfy additional demand.
When a reservation is released
If reserved inventory no longer needs to be held, LaSyncro releases the reservation.
Releasing reserved units:
- decreases Reserved;
- increases Available.
The units become available for other demand again.
When reserved stock is physically removed
When reserved units complete the warehouse fulfillment flow and are physically removed from inventory, both the relevant on-hand and reserved quantities are reduced.
This reflects that the stock is no longer present in the warehouse.
Why On-hand can be higher than Available
It is normal for On-hand to be higher than Available.
The difference represents stock that is physically present but already reserved.
For example:
20 On-hand - 6 Reserved = 14 Available
So seeing 20 units physically recorded does not mean all 20 units are free for new order demand.
Sellable stock
In the current LaSyncro inventory model, Sellable is derived from Available.
That means the sellable quantity currently follows the same inventory quantity as Available.