Using surplus inventory to fill replenishment

 

  1. Access the Buyers Control Center and use the Procuring items for replenishment using the Buyers Control Center procedure to enter the necessary information.
  2. Double click the desired line in the Buyers Control Center to access the Buyers Control Center Detail screen.
  3. The buyer, warehouse, vendor, and purchasing line (if any), display in the header, as well as target and current information in dollars weight and cubes and the variances, and percentage of the target that has been achieved.
  4. To use surplus inventory, click the Surplus and Surplus Suggested Outstanding fields and enter the value.
    Note: 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.
  5. Once you are satisfied with your buying target values, select the Buy and Override (as needed) checkboxes for each line you want to generate purchase orders for.
  6. Click Create PO.
  7. Select Yes to generate purchase orders and display a dialog where you can select to display them.
  8. The system returns you to the Buyers Control Center, where the replenishment lines with purchase orders generated display at the top of the browser with the warehouse highlighted with the Rank color codes assigned on the Buyers Control Center view of PO Static Control F/M.
  9. (Optional) You can repeat this process to generate additional purchase orders.
  10. When you have finished generating purchase orders, exit the program.

 

See Also 

Buyers Control Center Detail Procedures

Buyers Control Center

Buyers Control Center Detail Screen

Buyers Control Center On Order View

Buyers Control Center Open Docs View

Buyers Control Center Package View

Buyers Control Center Restocking View

Buyers Control Center Usage View

Buyers Control Center Transfer History View

Buyers Control Center Surplus Selection View

Buyers Control Center Purchase Order History View