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Purchasing

Design Objectives

The Purchasing module is designed to monitor the flow of externally purchased materials from the point of purchase requisition, to solicitation of quotations, purchase order generation, and validation of subsequent vendor invoices.  The use of the requisition and quotation solicitation feature is optional. A manually prepared purchase order can be directly entered into the system.

Features

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Multi-company environment allows a purchase order to be written on one company and expensed to other companies.

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A supplier file can be maintained that is independent of the Accounts Payable vendor file.

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Sales tax, use tax, goods and services tax, and value added tax processing capability.

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Maintains history, performance rating, demographic data and comments on each supplier.

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Purchase orders can be built from line items on multiple requisitions.

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Requisition line items can be divided between multiple purchase orders.

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Multiple supplier quotations can be entered for each line item of a requisition.

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Multi-level On-Line Requisition Inquiry
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Requisition Selection Screen

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Requisition Line Item Detail

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Receiver Details

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Invoice Details

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Change orders can be written for a purchase order.

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Purchase orders can be generated sequentially by company or prefix.

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"Quick pick" screen for issue of purchase order numbers by phone.

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Extensive text capabilities for descriptions and notes to suppliers, purchasing agents, shippers and receivers.

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"Blanket" type purchase order capability.

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Standard clauses can be defined and appended to purchase orders.

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Flexible purchase order print formats match the specific needs of each user.

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User-defined payment control codes can be associated with purchase orders.

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Purchase orders can be expedited by line item through the fabrication and delivery processes.

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Commitments are generated to the Cost Accounting and Work Order modules when a purchase order is costed to either of those subledgers.

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Commitments are automatically reconciled with actual costs when a purchase order is closed.

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Encumbrances can be optionally generated to the General Ledger module.

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Multi-level On-line Purchase Order Inquiry
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Purchase Order Selection Screen

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Purchase Order Line Item Detail

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Expediting Detail

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Invoice Detail

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Receiver Detail

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Purchase Detail

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Direct Purchase Issues

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Line Item Descriptions

bulletPurge processes for deleting completed requisitions and purchase orders.

Module Interfaces

The following System 20/20 modules send ( Þ ) transactions to and receive ( Ü ) transactions from the Purchasing module

 

Module Transactions Sent and Received
Accounts Payable Þ Invoiced quantities and costs against a purchase order
Contracts Management Þ Purchase orders and/or change orders, backcharge change orders
Inventory Þ Re-order requisitions
Receiving Þ Updates the purchase order with received quantities and costs
Cost Accounting Ü Commitments and commitment relief transactions
General Ledger Ü Purchase order encumbrances
Inventory Ü "On order" transactions
Work Order Ü Commitments and commitment relief transactions

Standard Reports

All standard reports provide multiple selection options.

Control File Section Listings Unposted Purchase Orders
Supplier File Purchase Orders
Supplier Performance Report Purchase Order Status
Supplier / Material Cross Reference Purchase Order Summary
Supplier Mailing Labels Purchasing Subledger
Material Requisition Status Purchase Order Payment Controls
Quotations Change Orders
Print Request for Quotations Open Orders
Requisitions Expediting Report

 

 

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