Note: Only items for which Planning method is set to 1 (Purchase suggestion) or 6 (Purchase sugg, Supply plan) in the Item file are included in the purchase suggestion creation.
Null suggestions
During the purchase suggestion creation, the system also creates empty purchase suggestions for the selected item/warehouse records that are not due to be purchased yet. This can be complete, empty suggestions or just empty lines on existing suggestions. These lines/suggestions are called null suggestions and can be viewed by clicking Include null suggestions on the Purchase suggestion header/line maintenance panels. By entering a code on the Purchase suggestion creation panel, the null suggestion handling allows you to decide the following:
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Do not create null suggestions.
Note: If suggestion handling code 1 is used and a purchase suggestion is created, null suggestions can still be created on line level. However, if no items per supplier are found to be below reorder point, then null suggestions are not created on any level. |
| 2 | Create null suggestions if there are null lines that are periodic, but not intermediate. |
| 3 | Always create null suggestions. |
- Select the Create purchase suggestions menu item.
- You access Purchase suggestion creation. Use the selection fields to narrow down the selection from which purchase suggestions should be created. Complete the following fields:
- Purchase type
- Enter at least one code indicating the purchase types to be included in the suggestion creation. Valid codes are:
Code Description 1 Purchase type 1: The system continuously reviews the reorder point (ROP) and safety stock (SST), providing purchase suggestions based on this review. 2 Purchase type 2: The system provides purchase suggestions based on the purchase interval defined for this combination in Work with periodic purch & order targets. 3 Purchase type 3: The system provides purchase based on the analysis of net demand per forecast period. Click OK.
- You access the next Purchase suggestion creation panel. Complete the following fields.
- Warehouse
- Set to YES if you want the purchase suggestion to break on change of warehouse. You are not permitted to break on warehouse if purchase type 2 is selected in Purchase type.
- Planner
- Set to YES if you want the purchase suggestion to break on change of planner. You are not permitted to break on planner if purchase type 2 is selected in Purchase type.
- Purchase type
- Set to YES if you want the purchase suggestion to break on each purchase type. This option is only valid if you choose more than one purchase type in Purchase type.
- Line code
- Set to YES if you want the purchase suggestion to break on each line code. This option is only valid if you choose purchase type 2 in Purchase type.
- Create pur order
- Indicate if you wish a purchase order to be created immediately after the purchase suggestion has been entered.
- Order type
- Enter the purchase order type that will be used to purchase the goods from your supplier if Create pur order is set to YES. Note: BtB and MDC are not valid purchase order types for this transaction.
- Extra ROP days
- Enter the number of days, if you want to add days to the existing replenishment time. Adding time here will extend your replenishment time, telling the system to cover a longer time period for consumption. The reorder point will be calculated (raised) and the EOQ will also be adjusted (depending on the value of the purchase codes in the IC control file).
- Update control file
- Only valid if Purchase type 3 is set to YES. Indicate if you want to update the Period purch sugg 3 field in the IC control file with the current period.
- Extra quantity
- Enter the percentage by which you want to increase the suggested quantity, on the purchase suggestion.
- Null sugg handling
- Indicate if null suggestions should be created or not. See Null suggestions above for details.
- Maintain the purchase suggestions.
- Merge them into one master purchase suggestion if several purchase suggestions are to be supplied from the same supplier. When it comes time to create purchase orders, only one purchase order will be created for the merged suggestions.
- Print them.
- Copy them to purchase orders.
Break
Set the fields below this sub-heading to YES or NO to specify how you want to divide the purchase suggestions created in this selection. For example, if you set Warehouse to YES, then the system will create a new purchase suggestion for each different warehouse in this selection.
Note: If you choose more than one selection on which to break, the breakdown is done in a hierarchical manner. For example, if you choose warehouse and purchase type, purchase suggestions will be broken down into purchase types by warehouse.
Specification
Complete the specifications below:
Click OK. The purchase suggestions are created. Exit the routine. Once you have created the purchase suggestions, you can do the following:
Related topics
- About working with purchase suggestions (DC1 Inventory Control)
- Set up records in Work with periodic purch & order targets (DC1 Inventory Control)
- Create a purchase suggestion manually (DC1 Inventory Control)
- Review and confirm a suggestion line (DC1 Inventory Control)
- Copy a purchase suggestion to a purchase order (DC1 Inventory Control)
- Perform a purchase suggestion simulation (DC1 Inventory Control)
- Reorganise purchase suggestions (DC1 Inventory Control)