Expected supply

Expected supply is the stock you’ve ordered but not yet received, made visible to planning. Creating a purchase order projects its quantities forward so availability reflects what’s coming — and that projection is drawn down precisely as goods arrive.

What it is

When an order is created as Not received, each line’s stocking quantity becomes an expected supply record — a per-line projection of incoming stock. Planning and availability views read it so you can act on inbound goods before they physically land. It’s bookkeeping for “on the way,” kept separate from real on-hand inventory.

One record per	Holds
Order line	The remaining expected quantity, in stocking units

The life of an expected record

Expected supply tracks the order through its whole life — it’s added, adjusted, and released by the same actions that move the order’s status.

Added when created

The first valid save writes one expected record per line. The order now contributes to incoming supply.

Adjusted on edit

Before receipt, raising a quantity adds to the projection, lowering removes from it, and deleting a line zeroes it. Increasing a partially or fully received line adds the new remainder as expected supply.

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Released on receipt

Receiving draws the projection down by exactly the received quantity — so the moment stock becomes on-hand, it stops being “expected.”

Released on delete

Deleting an order releases its remaining expected supply in the same step, whatever its status.

Pinned to the default location

In v1, planning is default-location pinned. Expected supply is always recorded against your default location, and it’s released there on receipt — even if the physical goods were received into a different location. The physical inventory lands where you received it; the planning projection clears at the default.