A future order is an order that contains products that will be allocated at a future date, and that currently has a future quantity. In Product Maintenance, on the Warehouse tab, the Allocation/Backorder section includes settings that control product allocation. The Allocate X Business Days before Required Date field controls when a product is allocated.
Example For Product A, you enter 15 in the Allocate X Business Days before Required Date field in Product Maintenance. You enter a sales order on 01/01/2020 with Product A and enter 02/01/2020 in the Required Date field on the Main tab in Order Entry. You click the Items tab in Order Entry. The Qty Alloc column displays 0 and the Qty Future column displays the quantity ordered. Within 15 days of 2/01/2020, run Automatic Future Order Allocate and the future quantity changes to be an allocated quantity.