Purchasing


 

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Multiple suppliers are established for an item for any or all ordering points. Purchase orders may be placed on local and foreign suppliers. Suggested, purchase orders are generated by requirements planning and procurements, using appropriate units, currency, and pricing, and may be modified before being firmed. Blanket pricing agreements provide a powerful negotiating tool, and forecast call-off schedules assist suppliers with their own planning and scheduling. Purchase orders may be for inventory and non-inventory purchases such as subcontract and outwork services or expense items, for delivery to multiple warehouses or direct to customers. Purchase tracking monitors the various elements of lead time and maintains statistics on suppliers’ performance, which enables customers to be advised on delivery date changes.

Purchase Orders

  • buyer controls and defaults
  • requisition and approval
  • blanket orders / supplier pricing agreements
  • order in local and foreign currency
  • sends and receives documents via fax, EDI and E-Mail
  • order items for
        inventory
        expense (ledger accounts)
        service
        work centres
        specific customer orders
        specific workshop jobs
        specific manufacturing orders
        subcontract & outplant work
        indirect indents
  • enter delivery schedules per line item
  • order using or printing suppliers part number, description, units of measure and pricing
  • record multiple supplier details per product
  • foreign currency usage and tracking supports local content requirements
  • track elements of supplier lead time against route
  • record and restructure delivery schedules from supplier acknowledgement
  • place a single order for delivery across multiple warehouse locations

Receiving

  • multiple receipts against purchase order line items
  • receive quantity across scheduled deliveries
  • receive all and modify exceptions
  • receive individual products or line items
  • over and under receive
  • automatically close on percentage complete
  • receive in warehouse storage unit, supplier unit or other valid product unit e.g. pallets, packs, drums etc
  • specify, search for or system calculated stocking locations
  • adjust original goods received voucher on return to supplier, claims etc.

Distribution Requirements Planning

  • plans replenishment and redistribution over user-defined branch and warehouse networks
  • variable firm planned and forecast horizons
  • net change and regenerative
  • plans demand-driven, scheduled and order point items
  • produces linked kitting schedules
  • plans items-driven by sales forecast, production schedule and actual planned and firm demands
  • caters for fixed and dynamic statistical and forecast safety stock
  • plans through reconfigure bills of material

Procurement

  • inventory replenishments analysis based on parameter-driven grouping and classification
        at branch and company level
        classify on demand, calls, cost and gross profit
        smooth, weight and depeak historical demand
  • generates planned purchasing schedules

Suggested Orders

  • planned purchase orders generated by
       procurement
       M.R.P.
       D.R.P.
  • separate planned orders per supplier, buyer and blanket order call off
  • planned orders in supplier units and unit pricing
  • planned orders in supplier minimum and multiple quantities
  • modify plans
  • selectively convert planned orders to actual orders

Output

  • optionally print
        goods received voucher
        warehouse loading slips
        move tags
  • supplier performance statistics
  • inventory trends analysis
  • cash flow requirements
  • supplier forecast schedules