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Automatically create a purchase suggestion (DC1 Stock Replenishment)

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This function is used when you want your replenishment suggestions to be created automatically. Note: To create a purchase suggestion manually, see Manually create a purchase suggestion (DC1 Stock Replenishment).

  1. Select the Create purchase suggestions menu item.
  2. You access Purchase suggestion creation. You can define the content of the purchase suggestion by entering information in the following fields under the Selection part of the panel:
    3. Item
    Item group
    Supplier
    Note: If you leave this field blank the main supplier of the item will be selected.
    Volume value code
    Movability code
    Warehouse
    Planner
    Purchase type
    You can create a purchase suggestion that is based on one, two or all three of the existing purchase types by entering either 1, 2, and/or 3.
    Supply plan

    By setting the following fields under the Break section of the panel to YES or NO, you can define how you want to organise your purchase suggestions, i.e. if you want the purchase suggestions to be broken down per warehouse and/or planner.

    Warehouse
    Planner
    Purchase type
    Line code

    You can also include more detailed information under the Specification section of the panel to complete your purchase suggestion:

    Create pur order
    Indicate if a purchase order should be created from this purchase suggestion.
    Extra ROP days
    The system will extend the replenishment time, with the number of days you enter in this field, when the available stock is checked for time axis controlled items. Note: If you have defined a fixed default value in the IC control file to be retrieved when creating purchase suggestions, then that value is displayed, but can be changed or deleted.
    Update control file
    Set this field to YES if Purchase type 3 has been selected. Set it to NO if you have selected types 1 and/or 2. Note: If all the purchase types (1, 2 and 3) have been selected you must set this field to YES.
    Null sugg handling
    Enter a code from the Panel value control file to indicate if null suggestions should be created or not. An item becomes a null suggestion line if the available quantity is higher than the reorder point, in other words, there is no need to buy the item at this time.

    Click OK.

    Tip: If the Interactive process field in Work with DC1 user profiles has been set to YES for your profile, you can select Interactive run.

    Processing the suggestion

    The system selects items according to the selections you have entered and calculates the suggested purchase quantity. This quantity can be calculated in two different ways, depending upon whether the item is defined (in the Item file) as being under time axis control or not:

    Time axis items Non-time axis items
    The available quantity at the end of the planning time is calculated. If it is a requirement, i.e. available quantity is less than zero, the greater of the required quantity or the economical order quantity will be the suggested purchase quantity. The current available quantity is calculated. If it is a requirement, i.e. the available quantity is less than ROP, the greater of the required quantity or the economical order quantity will be the suggested purchase quantity.

    You can now maintain the purchase suggestion that you just created by following the instructions detailed in Maintain a purchase suggestion (DC1 Stock Replenishment).

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