ON HOLD TO IN STOCK

I'm new to ABC Inventory and trying to get to grips with the 'on hold' function too. We make chutneys which take around a month to mature before sale - I'd like to keep track of how much of each variety we have in stock, but be able to tell at a glance how much is ready to sell and how much is still waiting to mature.

If I mark the new batches as HOLD when I first enter them, is there any way the software can automatically un-HOLD them after a certain time has passed? Or will I have to check through the different batches and do this manually?

I see an alternative is the maturity date option for each item - but I haven't been able to find a way for this to show up in Browse Item Master. I can get it to display the maturity date in a print-preview of a report 'Inventory Maturity by Production', but ideally I'd like something a little bit more direct (I'm thinking of having to quickly check availability when a customer is on the phone).

Many thanks in anticipation,

Annie 

Find the Item with units on hold.

Double-click the On Hold field.

The unit detail screen will open.

Click on the Hold switch set it off for each unit to be released to stock.