Future Reservations
Future Reservations allow you to proactively protect inventory in ACP for a planned future use.
Common use cases include:
Club shipments
Tasting events
Library allocations
Competitions
Pre-release inventory holds
Future Reservations operate within ACP’s inventory reservation hierarchy and modify how inventory is allocated.
What Future Reservations Do
When a Future Reservation is created:
The specified quantity moves into the Reserved column.
The Available quantity decreases accordingly.
Inventory becomes protected from standard order allocation.
Protected inventory:
Cannot be allocated through First In, First Reserved logic.
Cannot be overridden by Force Reserve.
Is not eligible for new DTC, Wholesale, DTT, or Trade Sample orders.
This protection remains in place until the reservation is adjusted or deleted.
How Future Reservations Interact with Other Movements
Future Reservations operate within the defined inventory allocation hierarchy.
The priority order is:
Return to Winery Orders
Internal Transfer Orders
Future Reservations
Customer Orders (First In, First Reserved)
This means:
Return to Winery and Internal Transfers take precedence.
Future Reservations cannot override warehouse movement orders.
Customer orders cannot override Future Reservations.
Force Reserve cannot bypass Future Reservations.
If inventory conflicts occur, the system reallocates according to this hierarchy.
Inventory Visibility
Once created:
The reserved quantity is visible in the Reserved column on the Inventory page.
Clicking the Reserved quantity shows which orders or reservations are holding inventory.
Future Reservations exist only within ACP and do not create physical inventory movements.
Releasing Reserved Inventory
When a Future Reservation is removed or reduced:
Reserved quantity decreases.
Available quantity increases.
Inventory becomes eligible for order allocation immediately.
There is no delay and no warehouse sync required.