Using surplus inventory to fill replenishment
- Click Purchase Orders>Entry>Buyers Control Center Purchase and use the Procuring items for replenishment using the Buyers Control Center procedure to enter the necessary information.
- Double click the desired line in the Buyers Control Center to access the Buyers Control Center Detail screen.
- 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.
- To use surplus inventory, click the Surplus cell.
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 an additional column for Surplus for each item.
- Specify the quantity to use from surplus.
- Click Create Transfer.
- Specify the ship-via.
- You can optionally update the transfer quantity and a document notes.
- Click OK.
- Click the transfer ticket created message to return to the BCC Detail screen with the surplus quantities applied.
- Once you are satisfied with your buying target values, select the Buy and Override check boxes (as needed) for each line you want to generate purchase orders for.
- Click Create PO.
- Click Yes to generate purchase orders and display a dialog where you can select to display them.
- 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.
- (Optional) You can repeat this process to generate additional purchase orders.
- When you have finished generating purchase orders, exit the program.
- Note: To process purchase orders created by the Buyers Control Center, you must run the PO Receipt Register 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
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