You can display Available Dates on your order copies as long as your Brandwise Admin has configured your Play system to do so. If your Brandwise Admin needs guidance on configuring Available Dates in your Play system, point them to one of the following articles. If you are an Agency, see this article. If you are a Supplier, see this article. Once the settings are in place, follow the instructions below.
- 1. If your system is configured to split orders by Available Dates, then when a product has a future available date and is added to an order, it will split this item out and put it on a separate order. The order will have the available date as the ship date, thus creating a split order. This information will display on your order copies. Alternatively, your system could be configured in one of the following two ways.
- 2. If your system is set up to not split by Available dates, then all the items with future available dates are placed on one order. If this option is enabled, then the order taker can choose to group the items on the sales order copy by available date, which provides the retailer with a reference of the available dates. To do this, scroll to the bottom of the order header screen to see the items on the order and choose the Available grouping option before you share the order copy:
This will display the Available Dates on an order copy:
- 3. If your system is set up to not split by Available Dates and select ship date by percent, then upon confirming an order with multiple ship dates, you can choose the ship date by the percentage of the order that will ship on your ship date. For example, you have five products available to ship now and five products shipping later next month. If you choose an ASAP ship date, then the percentage you will see upon choosing today's date is 50% whereas if you choose a ship date of next month you will have a percentage of 100% that will ship on that ship date:
This option is great for summarizing and displaying products that can ship now vs products shipping at a much later time which can create an opportunity to add more ASAP available items to the order. If this option is enabled, then the order taker can choose to group the items on the sales order copy by available date, which provides the retailer with a reference of the available dates. To do this, scroll to the bottom of the order header screen to see the items on the order and choose the Available grouping option before you share the order copy:
This will display the Available Dates on an order copy:
