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 Buyers Control Center Detail screen is essentially a working purchase order (PO). Each time a recalculate is run for this ARP, the working PO is updated with the new information – quantities can change, new items can appear, and items can be dropped, all based on the current replenishment controls and quantities in the warehouse.
The items that are displayed in the list by default are the items that “should” be purchased, typically all replenished items in this ARP that are below line point. The items are prioritized based on the same priority values explained from the summary screen, with the higher priority items appearing first.
The buyer, warehouse, vendor, and purchasing line (if any), and rank information display in the header, as well as target and current information in dollars, weight, and cubes, variances, and percentage of the target that has been achieved. You can use the Rank drop down to further filter the stock replenished items that appear in the browser.
Use the Display Filters check boxes to limit the browser display. These filters modify the detail lines that are visible. This display does not determine what items are added when a PO is created. This occurs on the Buyer Control Center (POE400) screen. From the detail screen, you must modify or select the 'Buy' or 'Override' check boxes or right-click and modify a line to override the buy selections from the BCC main screen. For example, if all lines in the BCC Detail screen are set to 'buy' and the Display Filters check boxes are all 'checked' and you un-check the display filter Special order check box, then, the visible lines that are for special orders are removed from sight, but, they are still present (even if not visible) and are still marked to 'buy'. (The right click option to set all 'buy' to no is unchanged and also sets all visible and non-visible lines to 'no'.)
Replenish - to include Items where PNA is at or below order point in the browser lines below.
Spec Ord - to include special order planned special order purchase order lines in the browser display.
For an uninventoried, temporary or catalog item that is backordered, the item will be picked up as a special order in the Buyers Control Center, unless the document is placed on service hold, credit hold or the document is currently in use.
Items Above Line Point - to see all of the items in this ARP, even if they are not ready to be ordered. Items that are not ready to be ordered will be displayed with a Purchase Quantity of 0, but it can be useful to see all of the items in the ARP, and it allows you to investigate why FACTS is not recommending you purchase an item.
Backorder – Items that have open back orders.
Critical – Items where PNA is less than safety stock quantity.
Neg PNA – Items where PNA is negative. (i.e. if all open purchase orders arrived now, there would still not be enough to fill current needs)
Rank - filter the display by a specified rank, for stocked and replenished items.
The Last Replenishment Doc field displays the last PO Number and Order Date for the document. Use the drill down icon for quick access to the source document.
You can also modify the adjusted review cycle value. Press F1 to restore the adjusted review cycle value.
The Replenish Action drop down allows you to determine the type of buy to perform:
Line Buy – Normal replenishment based on the current system values / settings for an ARP.
Emergency Line Buy – A purchase / transfer that is based on the remaining days in the review cycle to fill an urgent need.
Note: The Emergency Line Buy option is only available if the number of days since the last replenishment PO was placed is less than the number of days for the Review Cycle. Example: If the Review Cycle is 60 Days and the last PO was placed 40 days ago, the Emergency Buy option would be available. Then, if the Emergency Buy option is selected, the Adjusted Review Cycle would become the days remaining, in this case 20, and the BCC would recalculate the items to buy using this adjusted review cycle.
Below Order Point – The items within an ARP that are at or below the Order Point will be included in the buy / transfer. All other items for the selected ARP will be excluded. This can be used for daily purchasing / transfers.
You can also specify freight cost in this section.
For returns and purchases (procurement), the GL Department is required if PO to GL Posting F/M is using the department for any setting.
For transfers, you can specify the Ship Via to indicate the carrier for the transfer. You can leave this field blank, however, a blank field will not create a transfer when using the Create Transfer button because a valid Ship Via must be provided in order to create a transfer. The Ship Via value will pass to the created transfer ticket.
Line Buys, Emergency Buys, Below Order Point Buys
There are 3 basic types of orders: Line Buys, Emergency Buys, and Below Order Point buys.
A line buy is the default type of buy. When it’s determined that it’s time to place a PO (because there are worthy items below Order Point), a line buy will select all items that are below line point and recommend an order to bring them all back to line point.
The idea here is that since you’re placing a PO anyway, you should go ahead and order anything you know you’ll need for the review cycle.
An emergency buy is used to bring in only those items and quantities you need before it’s time to place the next regular PO with this vendor. If the ARP’s review cycle is 14 days, and it’s been 10 days since the last PO, an emergency buy will calculate the PO for the remaining 4 days – i.e. what you need to buy to cover the next 4 days.
The idea here is to avoid interrupting the review cycle by placing a small PO to take care of any current crises. Buying for the remaining time in the review cycle hopefully prevents having to do another emergency buy in a couple of days.
The Emergency Buy option establishes a Temporary Review Cycle value, which is the Days Remaining in the Review Cycle versus only showing products below Line Point that are also below Order Point.
If the date difference in days on the past PO record is greater than the number of days in the Review Cycle, then calculated Temporary Review Cycle value is greater than the Review Cycle value for the ARP, and the Emergency Buy option is disabled.
You can re-sort the grid by clicking on the column headers.
To change the amount you want to purchase, simply change the value in the green “Purchase” column, but note that manual changes to the purchase quantity will not survive a recalculation unless the “Override” check box is selected.
To exclude an item from being purchased, you can either set the purchase quantity to 0, or you can un-select the “Buy” check box. This field also will not survive a recalculate unless Override is selected.
You can also manually add items to the working PO by going to the last line in the grid and typing in the item number.
Many of the cells in the column grid are “clickable”, allowing you to drill down to further information about that cell – these cells have a magnifying glass image on them.
Buy – This check box indicates which items will be included on the purchase order when placed.
Override – This check box should be used if you make manual changes to the Purchase quantity or the Buy check box, and you want to be sure those manual changes remain even after a recalculation. Selecting override can be problematic because there could be important changes as a result of the recalculate, and they will be ignored.
Note that lines in the BCC Detail screen with Override check box checked will still display calculations based on the review cycle or adjusted review cycle in effect, in the Replenishment Math window. For example if the line in the BCC Detail was frozen when the adjusted review cycle was 100 and then later the adjusted review cycle is changed (or reset), then the Replenishment Math window displays the calculations using the 'current' or adjusted review cycle value in effect and not the 100 that was in effect when the Override check box checked was checked for line. When deselecting the Override check box, all values on that line are not updated until a recalculate occurs either by changing the adjusted review cycle on the BCC Detail screen or through normal Buyers Control Center (POE400) recalculation options.
Item and Item Description – You can directly add items by going to the open line at the bottom of the grid and typing the item number or clicking the “…” button to access item search. You are not allowed to change the item description on this screen, and you cannot change the item number on an existing line. You can also specify temporary items by specifying the temporary item number the in the Item field. When the system displays the question: "Is this a temporary item?" Answer Yes to display the required line fields for the temporary item.
The Item Number and Description column cells are highlighted red when a non-stocked item that is not allowed to be purchased without a tie to a sales order is present without a special order tie. Red items should be changed to a special order line before attempting to buy them on a purchase order.
Inactive items: You cannot include inactive items in the BCC. If you specify an inactive item, a message is displayed and the purchase quantity cell for the inactive item is shaded in light red so that all items in the grid that are inactive can easily been found.
Notes and Resources buttons – The next two columns provide access to item notes and item resources (Supplemental Resource Manager). The buttons will be yellow if there are existing notes or resources on file.
Special Order – This cell in the grid indicates whether that line is a special order tie to a sales order or transfer. When manually adding an item, you can select this to establish a special order tie. For existing special order lines, this cell will be a button with the document number and line number it is tied to. Clicking the button displays the appropriate document inquiry loaded with the document for viewing.
Any line that is a special order line cannot have its quantity to purchase changed.
Manually entering a special order line or selecting the Special Order check box restricts quantity changes on the special order. The purchase quantity must be for the entire quantity of the line. The document/line ordered and back-ordered quantities must be the same to allow manual entry/tie for special order.
Special order lines on sales orders should automatically be brought into the Buyers Control Center (BCC) and Buyers Control Center Detail screens for the proper buyer and vendor when a recalculate is performed. Therefore, you are not required to manually add them using the Special Order check box in the Buyers Control Center Detail grid.
If you use the special order check box to manually add a special order item to the BCC or BCC Detail grid, there are a number of checks that are performed on the sales order document and line:
If the line is added or moved to a different vendor than is entered on the sales order line, the sales order line will be updated to the new vendor.
You can delete special order lines created from a planned special order record (purchase or transfer). This returns the planned special order record back into the POSUGG or the ICSTRN files. During this delete the planned special order record will be updated with the current vendor from Item F/M, and, the special order from which the planned special order record came (and is tied to) will also have the vendor (in SORSOL) updated with the current vendor from the Item F/M. If the special order is due to a customer return line then the delete only takes place if the CRS line is complete. Otherwise trying to delete a CRS special order line from the BCC displays a message that it is tied to CRS and cannot be deleted.
Temporary - This cell in the grid indicates whether that line is a temporary item for a return. When manually adding or editing a temporary item, you can select this to specify or modify the required fields for the temporary item.
Recommended – This is the quantity FACTS replenishment calculated as the value that should be ordered. To see how FACTS arrived at this value, select the “Show Math” button while any cell for the line in question is highlighted. If a surplus stock transfer has been initiated to bring in excess stock from another warehouse, this cell will be yellow.
Net Available – This is the current net available quantity in the warehouse. Clicking this cell displays the Open Docs View for this warehouse and item.
Purchase – This is the current value that would be ordered if you were to create the PO. This value defaults to the recommended value, but can be changed.
UM – This is a drop-box with all available buying UMs for the item. This will default to the default buying UM. This value cannot be changed on a special order line, as it must match the UM on the associated document.
Cost, Cost UM and Extension – The cost and cost UM are defaulted based on current costs and cost contracts. You can change the cost as needed for Procurement and Returns activities only. (Note that you cannot modify Cost information for Transfers.) Updated costs will not survive a recalculate unless Override is selected. Extension is simply the total cost based on the quantity in the Purchase column.
Lead Time – This is the current average lead time days for this item. Clicking on the cell will display the past receipts for this item and warehouse.
Weight and Ext. Weight – Weight is displayed from the item and UM identified, and the extension is the total weight based on the quantity in the Purchase column. Clicking on the Weight cell will display the item’s units of measure.
On Order and Backorder – These are the current quantities on order and back-ordered for this item in this warehouse. Clicking the On Order cell displays all relevant order documents, and clicking on the Backordered cell displays all open documents for the item.
Order Pt, Line Pt, EOQ – These values are the current calculated replenishment values for this item. Additional details on these values are available on the “Show Math” screen.
AMU – AMU is the current calculated ADU times 30. FACTS calculates usage on a daily basis, but it is easier to understand when displayed as a “monthly” value. Clicking on this cell displays the usage summary view. Additional details about AMU are available on the “Show Math” screen.
Surplus – This is the sum of all available surplus stock in other warehouses. If a number is displayed, the cell will be yellow, and clicking it will display the Surplus Selection (POC520) screen with warehouses and the amount of long- and short-term surplus stock in each. If the receiving warehouse already is in a “surplus” state then the Surplus cell is colored red to indicate that the PO or transfer, if created/completed, would increase the warehouse’s surplus. Thus, careful consideration should be given to any line with a red Surplus cell. This screen allows you to initiate a surplus transfer which will in turn reduce the recommended order quantity for this PO.
Usage Mtd, Rank, Item Class, ARP – These fields are for reference only and display the item’s usage method, rank in the warehouse, item class, and normal ARP (useful if you are purchasing the item from an alternate source).
This screen presents you with the list of items that “should” be ordered. “Should” of course is based on what you want to accomplish. For example, options at the top of the BCC detail screen allow you to exclude special order lines and non-replenished items.
Grid & Right-Click Menu Options
The ability to export/import the contents of the BCC grid list to Excel is available.Right-click options, Export current contents to Excel, Import quantities from Excel, are available . This functionality is controlled by the Export to Excel security setting in User Code F/M. Click Import/Export processing details for more information.
You can also change the grid column width and order. The changes will be saved and restored. To change the placement of a column in the grid, simply drag the column using the column header to where you want it to be displayed. You should be mindful that sometimes columns should be together (e.g. Units and the UM). If you separate columns that logically belong together, you must be mindful of the fact that they are separated. To set the columns back the default settings, right-click on the grid or list box and select 'Reset column settings to default' from the pop up menu.
You can also access the following options from the right-click menu:
Show Math to access the replenishment calculations for the Recommend Order Quantity (ROQ).
Set All Buy (or Transfer) to No to turn off all checked lines for the Buy or Transfer check box in the grid.
Prompt Options to access options for the highlighted field, such as field security, based on your security settings.
Lost Sales Entry to access Lost Sales for the item in the grid.
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.
Warehouse transfers are handled by the BCC in the same way as purchases, with a few differences in the detail screen. Included on the detail for transfers are some additional columns that can be helpful:
From Avail – This is the current quantity available in the ‘From’ warehouse.
From On Ord – This is the current quantity on order in the ‘From’ warehouse – i.e. the amount that should be coming in to the ‘From’ warehouse.
From BackOrd – This is the current quantity back-ordered in the ‘From’ warehouse.
These values help you understand what you may actually be able to get from the Distribution Center. However, it’s important to request the amount you actually need, as the presence of back-ordered amounts in the Distribution Center will trigger the purchasers in the Distribution Center to order more.
If you reduce your transfer request to match what is available in the Distribution Center and lose sales as a result of having inadequate stock, it’s critical that you record the lost sales – otherwise the Distribution Center never gets visibility that they failed to stock enough quantity, and the problem will not be corrected.
You cannot modify cost information for Transfers.
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 setting 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.
When there is surplus stock available in an alternate warehouse, the Surplus column cell will show the total surplus quantity and will be highlighted yellow. If the receiving warehouse already is in a “surplus” state then the Surplus cell is colored red to indicate that the PO or transfer, if created/completed, would increase the warehouse’s surplus.
Clicking on the yellow or red Surplus cell presents you with a list of the alternate warehouses that have long- and short-term surplus and the quantities. From any non-highlighted warehouse with surplus, you can select the quantity and create the transfer immediately.
General Processing Information
Select the Buy check box and specify a purchase quantity to buy an item not already selected through replenishment processing.
You can also limit the browser display by rank, remove non-replacement items or include/remove special orders.
If you want to specify the purchase quantity and exclude a line from recalculation when you modify other filter settings such as the adjusted review cycle or recalculate replenishment values, click Override, and the line will be excluded from recalculation.
The Set All Buy or Transfer to No turns off all checked lines.
Select the Emergency Buy check box to limit the lines displayed in the browser to only those items with quantities below order point.
Companions
Companions items can be imported into BCC, based on settings in PO Document Import Control (POF972). When set, click Parent Items to display the Import Items (POE151) dialog box. When parent items have companions available, they are displayed in the Import Items (POE151) screen. Those displayed parent items can be used to select, via the Show Companions button, any appropriate companion line items for that parent item. When companion line items of a parent are shown, check any boxes in the grid to pull those selected chained companions into Import Items (POE151). Toggle/edit the lines in the Import Items Screen (POE151) to import as new lines in the Buyers Control Center detail screen. Only those lines not already in the Buyers Control Center detail screen can be toggled. All currently existing lines have a toggle-column value of “B” instead of “Y” or “N” options. Click Import.
Standard buys can be imported into BCC, based on settings in Vendor FM (APF910) and Ship-From FM (POF930). Click Standard Buy to display the Import Items (POE151) dialog box when standard buys are available. Use Import Items to toggle selected buy line items and import into BCC. When importing document lines or standard buy line items, if a line item is a parent companion item, click Show Companions to display a grid with the complete chain of ‘companions of companions. Check the boxes in the grid to import selected chained companions. Lines with red check boxes already exist and cannot be imported again. Lines with a toggle value of “B” already exist in the BCC detail screen and cannot be pulled in again. Click Import.
Once it’s determined that we need to order an item, the next question is “how much should we order?” The answer to this question brings in many different values and settings.The BCC will do the math for you and present the recommended order quantity (ROQ) in the green Purchase column.
To help you understand how FACTS came up with the ROQ, we have added the “Show Math” option. Click on any cell in the row you want to see the math for, and click the Show Math button. The display will include all of the information FACTS used to determine the amount to order.
You can also 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, as well as planned special order surplus transfers.
It is important to become very familiar with this screen, as it will help reinforce what all the numbers mean and how they impact the final results. Here is a sample of the data that could be displayed in the Show Math screen:
Usage
Usage Method: T - Trend
Rank: A
Approved Replenishment Path (ARP): Vendor -> World Materials Handling Co. (V116)
Record Establish Date: 11/06/2010
Usage Months: 6.0000
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Raw Trend Percent = (Bucket 3 / Bucket 1) * 100
Raw Trend Percent = (595 / 165) * 100
Raw Trend Percent: 360.61%
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Prior Year Hit Dates: 08/31/2012 - 08/30/2013
Prior Year Hits Required: 2
Current Year Hit Dates: 08/31/2013 - 08/30/2014
Current Year Hits Required: 2
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Prior and Current Year Hits achieved
Minimum Trend Percent: 10%
Maximum Trend Percent: 300%
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Trend Dates: (03/03/2013 - 08/30/2013) vs. (03/03/2014 - 08/30/2014)
For items with the Usage Method set to Trend on the Usage view of the Warehouse/Item Maintenance (ICF920) program and one of the Seasonal Lead time Advance for Vendor ARPs and Seasonal Lead time Advance for Transfer ARPs parameters has been implemented in the Replenishment Parameter Maintenance (ICF990) program, the Trend Usage Dates line on the Show Match screen will also display “(adjusted by the average lead time of x days”) to indicate the Trend Usage Date has been adjusted to reflect lead time.
Trend Usage: 165 EA vs. 595 EA
Trend %: 300.00%
Trend Usage Dates: 08/31/2013 - 02/27/2014
Trend Usage: 390 EA
AMU = (Trend Usage * Trend%) / Usage Months
AMU = (390 * 300.00%) / 6 = 195.000 EA
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AMU: 195.000 EA
ADU = AMU / 30
ADU = 195.000 / 30
ADU: 6.5000 EA
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Threshold minimum not enforced
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Effective AMU: 195.000 EA
Effective ADU: 6.5000 EA
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Order Point
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Average Lead Time (LT): 82
Safety Stock Percent (SS%): 25
Safety Stock Days Supply (SSD) = LT * (SS% / 100)
SSD = 82 * (25/100) = 20.5 days
Average Daily Usage (ADU): 6.5000 EA
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Safety Stock Quantity (SSQ) = ADU * SSD
SSQ Calculated = 6.5000 * 20.5 = 133.2500 EA
Safety Stock Minimum Days: 3
Safety Stock Maximum Days: 5
Safety Stock Quantity Minimum = 3 * 6.5000 = 19.5000 EA
Safety Stock Quantity Maximum = 5 * 6.5000 = 32.5000 EA
Safety Stock Quantity: 32.5 EA
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Calc OP = (LT * ADU) + SSQ
Calc OP = (82 * 6.5000) + 32.5
Calc OP = 566 EA (rounded to stocking)
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Insufficient # shipments to utilize ASQ.
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Insufficient # shipments to calculate 5-Hi ASQ.
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Selecting Order Point...
Calculated: 566
CALC selected
OP: 566 EA
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Line Point
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Line Point = Order Point + (Review Cycle * ADU)
Line Point = 565.5 + (21 * 6.5000)
Line Point: 702 EA (rounded to stocking)
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Recommended Order Quantity (ROQ)
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Temp Line Point in use: 702 EA
Net Available: (On Hand - Committed - Backorder + On Order)
Net Available: (0 - 0 - 0 + 0) = 0 EA
Line Point: 702 EA
Up to Line Point: Line Point - Net Available
Up to Line Point = 702 - 0 = 702 EA
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Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
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Average Daily Usage (ADU): 6.5000 EA
Average Monthly Usage (AMU): 195.0000 EA
Product Cost: 2.470/EA
R Cost: 5.000
K Cost%: 30
Calculated EOQ: sqr((24 * AMU * R_Cost) / ((K_Cost / 100) * Cost))
Calculated EOQ: sqr((24 * 195.0000 * 5.000) / ((30 / 100) * 2.470))
Calculated EOQ: 178 EA
Minimum Days Supply (MinDS): 7
Minimum Supply EOQ = (MinDS * ADU)
Minimum Supply EOQ = (7 * 6.5000) = 45.5 EA
Maximum Days Supply (MaxDS): 180
Maximum Supply EOQ = (MaxDS * ADU)
Maximum Supply EOQ = (180 * 6.5000) = 1170 EA
Effective EOQ: 178 EA
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For items that have the suggested order quantity set to round up to a minimum order quantity (by setting one of the Minimum Order Quantity for ARP Vendor or Minimum Order Quantity for ARP Transfer parameters in the Replenishment Parameter Maintenance (ICF990)), the amount, buying UM, and 'Minimum Order Qty Applied' also display in the Show Math dialog.
Comparing Up To Line Point to EOQ: Up To Line Point selected
Calculated ROQ: 702 EA
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Planned Special Order Surplus
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From: 01 50 on SO Doc: 001641, Line: 001
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Rounding to 5 EA
Effective ROQ: 705 EA
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The steps to arriving at the ROQ are:
- calculate the correct usage
- calculate the order point (which could be adjusted with an OP Adjuster)
- calculate a good line point (which is dependent on the review cycle)
- order enough to get to line point
- increase to EOQ (explained below) if applicable
- apply rounding
Buying targets are typically established by a vendor or a purchasing manager, and are used to help secure the lowest costs for shipping, the best pricing discounts, or best use of space when placing orders. Buying targets are setup in Review Cycle Setup, and can be established for Cost, Weight and/or Cubes.
For buying targets to be used, the proper information must be maintained – i.e. accurate costs, weights and cubes must be entered for each item.
Buying targets are displayed in the BCC detail screen. As you make changes to the purchase quantities, etc., the buying targets are updated and displayed.
Making buying targets regularly depends on using proper review cycles and following good procedures. Buyers will often manually increase the purchase quantities of popular items when trying to make a buying target (i.e. “top off the truck”), but this causes a number of problems:
Adjusted Review Cycle
Instead of simply guessing what to order more of, you can modify the “Adjusted Review Cycle” field on the BCC detail screen. Increasing the review cycle will recalculate all of the items in the ARP based on the new review cycle (i.e. it will suggest a line buy for more days). This will proportionately increase the quantities of all items in the ARP and potentially bring in items that were not even considered at the original review cycle value.
Increase the adjusted review cycle until the buying target is reached.
By making targets this way, the next time you need to place an order for this ARP, the line will be balanced, and you will be less likely to need to go back to this vendor for an emergency buy.
When you return to the Buyers Control Center after reviewing or modifying a replenishment line in the Buyers Control Center detail screen, the replenishment line you accessed displays at the top of the browser with the warehouse highlighted.
See also
Buyers Control Center Detail Procedures
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
Buyers Control Center Returns Detail (POE406)
BCC Detail Build Bill of Materials (POE407)