The Purchase Order System (POS) for the Warehouse is structured to control the ordering and receipt of goods from Suppliers. The module can be run separately or in combination with the Demand Calculation/Draft Purchase Ordering module.

Enquiries

Enquiry routines are provided for the display of the details and status of purchase orders held in the system. The data can be accessed by purchase order number, supplier code or a part of a general buyer’s enquiry.

Maintenance

Facilities are provided for the maintenance and control of all data held within the module. This includes supplier details, purchase order headers & lines. Means are available for the removal of cleared purchase orders as required.

Report/Forms

This module allows the running of a suggested reorder report. This report can control product stock levels within the warehouse.

A Supplier Order Form is also available, so an order can be done manually within the system as an attention to the Suggested Order Report.

Purchase Order Generation

Purchase orders can be created manually or can be generated automatically by The Draft Ordering module.

In addition the Purchase Orders can be created by the following methods:-

1.      Created manually by keyboard entry.

2.      Generated within the Suggested Purchase Order process.

3.      Generated by the Draft Ordering module.

Facilities are provided for the release and printing of created purchase orders. Alternative methods of purchase order transmission are also available.

The module includes a Suggested Order report that can be used to either manually or automatically create purchase orders.

Purchase Order Receipts

Goods can be receipted against a purchase order and the stock records automatically updated by integration with the Warehousing module.