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Purchase suggestions and Internal replenishment suggestions can be created to supply items that are not in season. Even if a season profile is in use, the system can still suggest to buy, for example, snow spades in summer or lawn mowers in winter. This functionality, which deals with the possibility to block items from being included on a purchase suggestion and internal replenishment suggestion, is applied when Purchase suggestions and Internal replenishment suggestions are created automatically by the system via the Create purchase suggestions and Create internal replenishment suggestions menu items. The purchase suggestion creation and internal replenishment suggestion creation processes will search for blocks before creating the line.
Options
| Add | Select this option to add a record. |
| Change | Select this option to change a record. |
| Copy | Select this option to copy a record. Any validity dates on the Details panel will also be copied. |
| Delete | Select this option to delete a record. |
| Display | Select this option to view a record. |
| Details | Select this option to access the Work with suggestion blocks, Details panel where you can enter/view the validity dates (From – To MMDD) for the suggestion block. |
| Translate | Select this option to either update or view information from the Table translation file. Displayed fields can be translated to any of the languages registered in Work with languages. |
Selection fields
- Block
- This column lists the ID for the suggestion block.
- Description
- This column lists the description for the suggestion block.
- Buy to sales order
- This column denotes the following:
- If the column displays the code for NO, then the item/warehouse that is linked to this suggestion block on the Item file maintenance, Inventory management panel, will always be blocked from inclusion on automatically created purchase suggestions and automatically created internal replenishment suggestions.
- If this column displays the code for YES, then the item/warehouse that is linked to this suggestion block on the Item file maintenance, Inventory management panel will be blocked from inclusion on automatically created purchase suggestions and automatically created internal replenishment suggestions, with the following exception: The block will be ignored if there are sales orders for this item waiting to be picked, and the item has a Handling status (on Item file maintenance/Warehouses panel) that indicates that purchase is allowed (i.e., Valid for purchase order). If those conditions are met, the item will appear on the suggestion anyway, with just enough quantity to cover what is already sold, (i.e., the suggestion line will be created if available quantity is below zero, and the quantity to supply will be set to the absolute value of the negative available quantity).
- Date comparison
- This column denotes if the block dates should reflect the Suggestion run date (Today) or the Expected arrival date (Today + planning time). Displays the applicable panel value code.
Code Description 1 The dates on the block are compared to the day when the purchase suggestion creation program is run (today). 2 The dates on the block are compared to the day of the expected arrival date (today + planning time)
Work with suggestion blocks (INVD06004)
Note: This panel can be accessed in either Maintenance or Enquiry mode. In Enquiry mode, you are only able to view the information. The panel heading differs accordingly.
If you accessed this panel via the Display option, then you will only be able to view the information. To create or update a record, return to the previous panel and select either the Add or Change option (if available).
On this panel you create a new suggestion block or maintain an existing one.
Function keys
- Block
- Enter a code to identify the suggestion block.
- Description
- Enter a description for the suggestion block.
- Buy to sales order
- If you set this field to NO, then the item/warehouse that is linked to this suggestion block on the Item file maintenance, Inventory management panel, will always be blocked from inclusion on automatically created purchase suggestions and automatically created internal replenishment suggestions.
If you set this field to YES, then the item/warehouse that is linked to this suggestion block on the Item file maintenance, Inventory management panel will be blocked from inclusion on automatically created purchase suggestions and automatically created internal replenishment suggestions, with the following exception: The block will be ignored if there are sales orders for this item waiting to be picked, and the item has a Handling status (on Item file maintenance/Warehouses panel) that indicates that purchase is allowed (i.e., Valid for purchase order). If those conditions are met, the item will appear on the suggestion anyway, with just enough quantity to cover what is already sold, (i.e., the suggestion line will be created if available quantity is below zero, and the quantity to supply will be set to the absolute value of the negative available quantity).
- Date comparison
- This field determines if the block dates (entered on the Detail panel) should reflect the Suggestion run date (Today) or the Expected arrival date (Today + planning time). Enter the applicable panel value code.
Code Description 1 The dates on the block are compared to the day when the purchase suggestion creation program is run (today). 2 The dates on the block are compared to the day of the expected arrival date (today + planning time)
Work with suggestion blocks, Copy (INVD06005)
- Block
- Displays the suggestion block(s) you selected to copy.
- New block
- Enter the code(s) for the new suggestion blocks(s) that you are creating.