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Allocation

Reserve stock against confirmed orders and cover the shortfall with POs.

What does allocation do?

Allocation decides which physical stock covers which confirmed order — per size and per location — so you know exactly what’s promised, what’s sellable, and what still needs producing.

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Order SO-2026-0142 · demand 30Allocated 0 / 30
Reserving available stock, size by size…
Allocation reserves available stock against confirmed orders, per size. Whatever's left to cover becomes a purchase order in a click.
How do I allocate stock to an order?
  1. 1Open the Allocation page — confirmed orders show their demand per size against what’s available.
  2. 2Type the quantities to reserve, or click Auto-allocate to distribute available stock (largest orders first).
  3. 3Whatever you reserve is ring-fenced — and mirrored as reserved in Shopify so your webshop can’t sell it.
What happens to what I can’t cover?

The shortfall shows as to cover. From there you raise purchase orders in a click — for all uncovered demand (one PO per supplier) or for a single order line. Receiving the PO later settles those allocations automatically.

Allocation, production and fulfilment are joined up: a received PO flows into stock, settles the allocation, and the order becomes ready to ship — no re-keying.