Configure Inventory Availability

Configure can show whether the components required by a configured product are available. This is an optional Inventory capability: Configure and Quotes continue to work when Inventory is not enabled.

What Configure shows

For each required BOM item, the availability panel shows the configured requirement, on-hand quantity, available quantity, unit of measure, source, and snapshot time. A shortage is marked Buyer review required.

The panel is a decision aid, not a delivery promise. It does not reserve material, allocate inventory, create a purchase order, receive material, calculate cost, or commit a fulfillment date.

Buyer review

When one or more required components are short, a Purchasing or Admin user can select Send to buyer review. Velosity re-evaluates the configured BOM and availability on the server, then sends the actual shortage list to configured recipients. It never creates or changes a purchase order.

To receive the review in Purchasing middleware or an ERP integration, configure a Material Request webhook with the Created event. See Configure availability integrations.

Inventory source

The initial provider uses the FORGE inventory ledger. A tenant may instead operate middleware that translates its ERP's available-to-promise information into the Velosity availability API contract. The middleware owns ERP credentials, item mapping, allocation rules, and any ERP-specific transport.

An ERP-backed response can include allocated or reserved quantity, inbound purchase-order quantity, and the next expected receipt time, alongside its source and snapshot time. The ERP remains the system of record for inventory transactions and purchasing.

Before committing a delivery date

Review shortages with Purchasing and confirm supplier lead times, inbound receipts, and allocation rules in the ERP. An availability snapshot can become stale or change before the quote becomes an order.