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Ownership check
The Integrity Engine compares reserved stock with what open manufacturing orders and transfers actually hold, per material.
Phantom Reservations
Twelve boards are reserved for an order nobody has open. Nothing will ever use them — and nothing else can. Give them back in one click.
When an order is closed by a path that forgets its reservation, the stock stays committed forever: on the shelf, counted, and unavailable to every order that needs it. Otiox's Integrity Engine compares every reservation with the orders and transfers that should own it, and releases the orphans after a validated confirmation.
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Integrity · reservations
Reserved material with no owner
No open order or transfer holds it
MaterialOwned byReserved
PCB Mainboard Rev3nobody12 pcs
Li-Ion Battery 3000mAhnobody20 pcs
Tied up: $406
Fix
Release the reservation — only the unowned quantity, validated, then confirmed by you.
Reserved 0. Available back to what is on the shelf. Finding closed.
01The Challenge
The shelf says one number. The system says another. Nobody knows who has the difference.
A production order was closed in a hurry, or a reservation was written straight into stock. The units stay reserved. The warehouse sees them, planning does not — so available stock is short, a buyer orders what you already have, and no report shows why, because "reserved" looks perfectly normal.
- 01Reservations outlive the orders that made them
- 02Available stock is understated with no visible reason
- 03Planners and buyers work from the lower number
- 04Finding the owner means checking every order by hand
02SEE IT IN OTIOX
The same situation, in the product.
Real screens from the Otiox demo workspace, step by step.
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Stock that doesn't add up
PCB Mainboard Rev3: 180 in stock, 12 reserved, 168 available.
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Open the finding
Reserved material with no owner: stock reserved 12, order reserved 0, transfer reserved 0.
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Release the reservation
Validated first, then confirmed by you.
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Back to the shelf
Reserved 0, available 180.
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How It Works
Purpose-built features that solve these exact problems.
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The gap, named
Each finding shows stock reserved, order reserved and transfer reserved side by side, with the value tied up.
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Likely cause
An order closed by a path that did not release its reservation, or a reservation written to stock directly.
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Release with a check
Release the reservation runs after Otiox validates it and you confirm; only the unowned quantity is released.
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Visible immediately
The materials table shows reserved back to 0 and available back to what is on the shelf.
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What You'll Gain
Tangible improvements that impact your bottom line.
- 01Available means available
Planning and buying start from the stock you really have.
- 02No hunting for owners
The engine checks every reservation against every open order and transfer.
- 03Only orphans are touched
Reservations held by real orders stay where they are.
- 04Findings close themselves
Once the reservation is released, the next scan resolves the finding.
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Real-World Scenarios
See how this works in practice.
Scenario 1
A dozen boards, no owner
PCB Mainboard Rev3: 180 on the shelf, 12 reserved, 0 held by any order or transfer — available shows 168.
Scenario 2
Twenty batteries, same story
Li-Ion Battery 3000mAh had 20 units reserved with no owner; released the same way.
Scenario 3
Back to the full shelf
After the fix: reserved 0, available 180, and the finding resolves.
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The Transformation
From chaos to clarity.
Before
- Reservations nobody owns
- Available stock silently short
- Buyers order what you already have
- Owners hunted down by hand
After
- Every orphan reservation flagged
- Reserved vs owned, side by side
- Released with a validated, confirmed fix
- Available stock matches the shelf
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Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to common questions.
01How does Otiox decide a reservation has no owner?
It compares the quantity reserved in stock with what open manufacturing orders and transfers hold for the same material. The difference is the unowned part.
02Can the fix release a reservation a real order needs?
No. Only the quantity that no open order or transfer holds is released, and the action is validated before it runs.
03Is anything released without me?
No. The fix asks for confirmation and runs only when you choose Run.
04Does this fix my shortage?
It gives back the units that were wrongly committed. In the demo, PCB Mainboard Rev3 is still short for open orders — that is a separate finding with its own playbook.
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