PURCHASING OVERVIEW

"The Purchasing module, along with Inventory Control, takes the guesswork out of our replenishment cycle."

The ASSIST™ Purchasing module consists of the following:

 

 

 

 




 

· Purchase Order Entry allows entry and change of purchase orders, vendor sourcing and vendor claims. Purchase processing orders are also entered and changed through purchase order entry.

· Form / Label Printing lets you print purchase orders, price requests, receivers, debit memos and stocking labels.

· Purchase Order Research displays purchase orders and sourcing in detail. The open order or sourcing can be retrieved by order number, vendor, order type and warehouse, order status and warehouse or by reference.

· Purchase Order Preview lets you view summary information on open orders with the option to view detail on a specific order. The orders can be viewed in many sort sequences such as vendor, order type and warehouse, and order status and.

· Purchase Order Item Research gives you the ability to view summary information on open orders and sourcing for a specific item.

· Purchase Order Vendor / Item Research shows you open purchase order line items for a vendor.

· Purchase Order Placement Inquiry allows you to view order placement, sourcing conversion, and claim processing information by purchase order number, vendor, or warehouse.

· Received Order Researches gives you the ability to view detailed and summary information for received orders by order number, vendor or item.

· Receipts Spread Inquiries give the purchasing manager a variety of tools for viewing and graphing purchasing trends. Each spread inquiry offers different types of displays, depending on the detail of information desired. The receipts spreads available are by Vendor and Item, by Item and Vendor and by Item.

· Cost Matrix / Contracts allow you to add, change, delete, view or print information on a costing matrix or vendor contract. The cost matrix is a way of assigning costs on purchase orders based on one of eight combinations of vendors or vendor classes with items or item price classes. Costs can be based on a percentage of the base, a flat amount added to or subtracted from the base or a set cost. The possible bases are list price, retail price, actual cost or standard cost. The cost matrix allows date sensitive costing. Contracts extend the cost matrix by tracking quantities and limits.

· Purchase Order Expedite Entry provides a way to track phone calls and other contacts with vendors concerning purchase orders.

· Purchase Order Expedite Report prints the vendor contact notes that you enter regarding purchase orders.

· Purchase Receipt Journal allows you to print and update purchase receipt journal for a batch of receivers.

· Receiver Monitor provides a snapshot of received purchase order totals for today, yesterday, the month and the year. The totals can be viewed by warehouse, vendor class, item class, or order type.

· Purchase Order Reports allow you to print open order reports by order number, vendor, order type and warehouse, order status and warehouse, batch or item.

· Purchase Order Placement Reports give you the ability to print summary order placement, sourcing conversion, and claim processing reports by purchase order number, vendor, or warehouse.

· Receipt Journal History allows you to print receipts journal reports for a specific posting period.

· Received Order History Reports give you the ability to print Detailed Received Order History, Summary Received Order History, Received Order Item History and Received Vendor Item History reports.

· Receipts Spread Reports give you the ability to print the Vendor and Item, Item and Vendor and Item Receipts Spread reports.

· Purchase Order Purges give you the ability to purge expired sourcing and deleted orders.

· Purchase Order Automation gives you tools to facilitate purchase order processing and paper flow with the least amount of effort. Purchase Order Worksheets gives you the ability to determine requirements by vendor based on critical quantity, zero quantity or re-order quantity. The system builds a worksheet for each vendor specified, allows you to manipulate the quantity, and then creates a purchase order from the worksheet.

 





Rennie, Lindsey and Associates, Inc. Ph: (661) 286-2041 Fax: (661) 269-5371