MANAGING PURCHASE ORDER SUGGESTIONS ALTTECHSOLUTIONS.COM IN EPICOR AND VANTAGE THERE ARE SEVERAL FIELDS AVAILABLE TO THE BUYER TO ASSIST WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF PURCHASE ORDER SUGGESTIONS. BELOW YOU WILL FIND A LISTING OF EACH FIELD, THEIR PURPOSE AND HOW THEY CAN AFFECT THE CREATION OF SUGGESTIONS. SUGGESTIONS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING TYPES: NEW - THIS IS NEW DEMAND AND REQUIRES A NEW PO CANCEL - SUPPLY EXCEEDS DEMAND AND THEREFORE NO NEED FOR AN EXISTING OPEN PO INCREASE - INCREASE THE QUANTITY TO MEET THE CALCULATED DEMAND DECREASE - DECREASE THE QUANTITY TO MEET THE CALCULATED DEMAND EXPEDITE - PULL IN THE PROMISE DATE FROM THE SUPPLIER TO OBTAIN THE GOODS SOONER POSTPONE - PUSH OUT THE PROMISE DATE FROM THE SUPPLIER TO OBTAIN THE GOODS LATER ALTTECHSOLUTIONS.COM FIRST, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE MRP CALCULATIONS WORK WITHOUT ANY PARAMETERS TO ADJUST THE MRP LOGIC. THE BASIC PREMISE OF MRP IS TO ALIGN SUPPLY AND DEMAND BOTH IN QUANTITY AND TIMING. IF YOU HAVE DEMAND FOR 5 EACH OF A GIVEN PART NUMBER ON MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, MRP WILL CREATE 5 NEW SUGGESTIONS TO ORDER 5 EACH AND HAVE THEM DELIVERED ON EACH OF THE 5 DAYS. IF THERE ARE OPEN POS THAT ARE NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THESE DEMANDS THEN THE BUYER COULD GET INCREASE, DECREASE, EXPEDITE OR POSTPONE SUGGESTIONS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT MRP LOGIC IS EXPECTING ALL SUGGESTIONS TO BE ACTED ON. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF FIELDS THAT CAN HELP WITH MANAGEMENT OF SUGGESTIONS. IN THE PART TABLE ON THE PART/PLANT TAB YOU WILL FIND: DEFAULT SUPPLIER: ALLOWS SUGGESTIONS TO BE GROUPED BY SUPPLIER. THE SUPPLIER CAN BE CHANGED ON THE SUGGESTION, IF REQUIRED. LEAD-TIME: THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN PRODUCTION DAYS IT TAKES FOR THE SUPPLIER LEAD TO DELIVER THE PRODUCT. IF YOUR CALENDAR IS SET UP AS 5-DAY WEEKS AND YOUR PRODUCT TAKES 4 WEEKS TO ARRIVE THEN THE LEAD-TIME SHOULD BE SET TO 20 DAYS. LEAD-TIME IS USED TO SUGGEST TO THE BUYER WHEN A PO NEEDS TO BE PLACED TO ALLOW THE SUPPLIER ADEQUATE TIME TO DELIVER THE PRODUCT. MINIMUM ORDER QTY: QT THIS IS THE MINIMUM ORDER QUANTITY YOUR SUPPLIER REQUIRES YOU TO BUY. IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR PRODUCT THAT COMES IN A STANDARD SIZE. ONE EXAMPLE IS IF YOU ARE BUYING METAL IN 12-FOOT LENGTHS AND STOCKING IT IN INCHES, THEN YOUR MINIMUM QUANTITY WOULD BE 144 INCHES. ANOTHER EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF YOU WERE BUYING ROLLS OF PRODUCT. IF YOU ARE BUYING 500 FOOT ROLLS OF WIRE, THEN SET THE MINIMUM TO 500 SO THE SUGGESTION IS FOR A WHOLE ROLL. BUYER: IF YOUR PURCHASING ORGANIZATION HAS MORE THAN ONE BUYER THIS FIELD CAN BE USED TO ASSIGN RESPONSIBILITY TO AN INDIVIDUAL BUYER. WHEN THE BUYER LOOKS AT EITHER NEW OR CHANGE SUGGESTIONS HE OR SHE CAN PULL IN ONLY THE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE PARTS THEY ARE ASSIGNED. THIS SAME SEGREGATION CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH PART CLASS. ALTTECHSOLUTIONS.COM IN THE PART TABLE ON THE PART/PLANT/PLANNING TAB YOU WILL FIND: MULTIPLE: MIN/MAX/MULTIPLE IS MAINLY USED FOR SETTING JOB LOT SIZES BUT MU MULTIPLE CAN BE USED FOR PURCHASING SUGGESTIONS. IN THE EXAMPLE ABOVE WHERE WE DISCUSSED SETTING A MINIMUM ORDER QTY FOR WIRE AT 500 FEET, MULTIPLE CAN BE USED TO ENSURE WIRE IS ALWAYS BOUGHT IN COMPLETE ROLLS. A MINIMUM ORDER QTY OF 500 AND A MULTIPLE OF 500 WILL AFFECT THE SUGGESTIONS SUCH THAT IF WE NEED 250 FEET OF WIRE WE WILL GET A SUGGESTION TO BUY 500 FEET BUT IF WE NEED 750 FEET OF WIRE WE WILL GET A SUGGESTION TO BUY 1000 FEET OR 2 COMPLETE ROLLS. ROLLS DAYS OF SUPPLY: DAYS OF SUPPLY AGGREGATES DEMAND AND CUTS DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF SUGGESTIONS TO MANAGE. IN MY EXAMPLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS DOCUMENT WHERE WE HAD DEMAND ON 5 DAYS OF THE WEEK AND WE WERE GETTING 5 SUGGESTIONS, DAYS OF SUPPLY CAN AFFECT THE NUMBER OF SUGGESTIONS WE DEAL WITH. IF WE HAD SET THE DAYS OF SUPPLY TO 7 DAYS, THEN THE EFFECT WOULD BE THIS: WE WOULD GET ONE SUGGESTION FOR 25 PIECES DUE ON MONDAY. DAYS OF SUPPLY AGGREGATES THE DEMAND AND SUGGESTS BRINGING IT IN ON THE EARLIEST DEMAND DATE. UNLIKE THE LEAD-TIME FIELD THE DAYS OF SUPPLY FIELD IS IN CALENDAR DAYS (I.E. 4 WEEKS WOULD BE 30 DAYS.). RESCHEDULE IN DELTA: AS MRP ALIGNS SUPPLY WITH DEMAND IT WILL ALIGN DATES WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN EXPEDITE SUGGESTIONS. IF THE DEMAND IS ON MONDAY AND THE PO IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, MRP WILL SUGGEST THAT THE PO BE PULLED INTO MONDAY. THESE TYPES OF SUGGESTIONS CAN BE ANNOYING. BY SETTING A NUMBER OF DAYS IN THIS FIELD, MRP WILL SUPPRESS THE EXPEDITE SUGGESTIONS. SO IF THIS FIELD HAS 5 DAYS, THEN THE SUGGESTION TO PULL IN FROM TUESDAY TO MONDAY WILL NOT BE CREATED. USING THIS FIELD CAN HELP CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF SUGGESTIONS A BUYER HAS TO REVIEW AND TAKE ACTION ON. RESCHEDULE OUT DELTA: WORKS THE SAME AS THE RESCHEDULED IN DELTA, BUT RESCHEDULE OUT DELTA SUPPRESSES POSTPONE SUGGESTIONS. USING THESE TWO FIELDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ONE ANOTHER CAN SIGNIFICANTLY CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF EXPEDITE AND POSTPONE SUGGESTIONS A BUYER HAS TO MANAGE. THE BUYER HAS THE CAPABILITY ON THE PO ITSELF TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SUGGESTIONS HE OR SHE HAS TO MANAGE. THERE ARE TWO CHECKBOXES ON THE RELEASE TAB OF ANY GIVEN LINE ON A PO THAT ALLOW FOR LOCKING CERTAIN INFORMATION. LOCKING QUANTITY: WILL SUPPRESS CANCEL, INCREASE AND DECREASE SUGGESTIONS. LOCK SCHEDULE: WILL SUPPRESS EXPEDITE AND POSTPONE SUGGESTIONS. THESE TIPS AND TRICKS WILL HELP MAKE PURCHASE ORDER MANAGEMENT MORE SEAMLESS BETWEEN SUPPLIERS, PURCHASERS, AND YOU, DECREASING UNNECESSARY STEPS AND MAKING YOU AND YOUR SYSTEMS MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE. 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