There may be instances when users want to limit some items from being available for commitment. You may be familiar with the
a) Commit Options in Sales Orders or
b) the ability to make inventory available or not available to orders by utilizing the Make Inventory Available checkbox in the Location record.
But aside from these, we can also have a better control of our inventory with the use of the Inventory Status feature available in NetSuite. Aside from the main ability of this feature to associate attributes to items to drive internal processes, you can also choose to make inventory associated with each status available or unavailable for commitment by utilizing the Make Inventory Available For Commitment checkbox in the Inventory Status record.
This is a good addition to your options; controlling commitment will not be limited to transaction or Location levels only, but you can also make use of the Inventory Status. For more information about this feature, you can check SuiteAnswers ID 70244. A video describing the inventory status feature, how to create an inventory status record, change an item’s inventory status, and track inventory by status is also available in the said article.