Use the Buyers Control Center Detail screen to view detailed information about the replenishment path; make changes, or create purchase orders, transfers or returns. You can double click a line in the Buyers Control Center to access this screen. The buyer, warehouse, vendor, and purchasing line (if any), review cycle information display in the header, as well as target and current information in dollars weight and cubes and the variances.
In the header you can specify adjusted review cycle and freight values.
Procurement
To make a procurement target for a source, you can adjust the Review Cycle in the Adjusted Review Cycle field. The Adjusted Review Cycle will then establish a Temporary Line Point. New items will appear in the listing if their replenishment needs fall into the new Temporary Line Point. Consequently, if an item’s parameters do not fall into the Temporary Line Point, it will be removed from the list. When indicated in the Item F/M, the ROQ for an item will be applied to the Recommended Quantity. Items that have been flagged as “Required” will remain in the BCC for processing unless remove by the buyer directly or a full Refresh is performed for the Vendor / Warehouse.
In the browser, the items that have approved replenishment sources for the buyer, warehouse, vendor, and purchasing line (if any) are displayed. A replenishment source is the current Approved Replenishment Path (ARP). Each ARP is available for view in a detailed level with the item’s details available for procurement decisions. Upon selecting a replenishment source / Purchase Line, the BCC will list the items ready for replenishment.
Browser Information includes the item number and description as well as the ability to add items, recommended and purchase quantities with multiple units of measure (if available for the item), including costing and extension values, surplus stock if available, suggested outstanding, available, on order and backorder quantities, with the ability to view details, order point, line point, economic order quantity, average monthly usage, with the ability to modify usage, usage method, item class and the approved replenishment path vendor.
From the Buyers Control Center Detail screen you can perform a number of tasks and access numerous screens.
Reviewing and Updating Lead Time
Using the Lead Time Review screen you can make any adjustments necessary to prior lead times for purchase order and transfer type documents. Documents can be filtered by Abnormal or Ignored lead times or All lead time documents can be reviewed. Using the Lead Time Review, the average lead time will be updated to reflect the changes and the replenishment variables will be updated to the appropriate values.
Modifying Purchasing or Transfer Quantity Information
The order quantity for individual lines can be entered as a Purchase or Transfer Quantity. This quantity is used to create the Purchase Order or Transfer and allows for a specific one-time quantity adjustment. When more than one Buying UM is available to an item, the alternate UM can be utilized for the Purchase Quantity. If the Adjusted Review Cycle is changed, these quantities will be discarded and recalculated by the system. In addition, individual items can also be manually added to the list for procurement and order quantity specified. If the items are refreshed or the review cycle is changed, these items will appear based on their replenishment parameters and / or the required flag for the item.
Using Surplus Inventory to fill Replenishment
Surplus selection is enabled by setting the Use Surplus flag in PO Static Control F/M. When the flag is set, the Buyers Control Center will display two additional columns for Surplus and Surplus Suggested Outstanding for each item.
Replenishment Calculations
You can select View>Replenishment Math to see values and detailed calculations for a warehouse/item combination for the replenishment line highlighted in the browser. Replenishment Math information includes calculations for: Order Point, Line Point, Order Quantity and Recommend Order Quantity.
When you return to the Buyers Control Center after reviewing or modifying a replenishment line in the Buyers Control Center detail screen, the replenishment lines you accessed display at the top of the browser with the warehouse highlighted.
Vendor Returns
The Buyers Control Center integrates with the Customer and Vendor Returns system to show items for transfer to a consolidation warehouse, transfer to an alternate warehouse, or return to a vendor. The items are displayed when the Activity is changed to Returns and subsequent purchase orders or transfers can then be created for processing.
The integration with the Customer and Vendor Returns system allows the Buyers Control Center to maintain proper document and item flow. The Customer and Vendor Returns system will supply the action code for the item’s return processing method. The Buyers Control Center will prompt for actions as defined by these settings. The action can be a direct return to the vendor or returning of the item to a consolidation warehouse as an example. Once the appropriate action has been taken, the Customer and Vendor Returns system will be updated to reflect the new status of the item.
Note: The addition of a consolidation warehouse for an item will prompt the buyer if deviating from the designated return path. The system will display an alert message and allow the buyer to continue processing as needed. The consolidation warehouse is maintained in the Vendor File Maintenance and if omitted, warehouse transfers for item returns will not generate this message.