PURCHASING
DESIGN CONCEPTS

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
  • • Multi-company environment allows a purchase order to be written on one company and expensed to other companies.
  • • A supplier file can be maintained that is independent of the Accounts Payable vendor file.
  • • Sales tax, use tax, goods and services tax, and value added tax processing capability.
  • • Maintains history, performance rating, demographic data and comments on each supplier.
  • • Purchase orders can be built from line items on multiple requisitions.
  • • Requisition line items can be divided between multiple purchase orders.
  • • Multiple supplier quotations can be entered for each line item of a requisition.
  • • Multi-level On-Line Requisition Inquiry

                                  Requisition Selection Screen
                                        Requisition Line Item Detail
                                                Receiver Details
                                                Invoice Details

    • • Change orders can be written for a purchase order.
    • • Purchase orders can be generated sequentially by company or prefix.
    • • "Quick pick" screen for issue of purchase order numbers by phone.
    • • Extensive text capabilities for descriptions and notes to suppliers, purchasing agents, shippers and receivers.
    • • "Blanket" type purchase order capability.
    • • Standard clauses can be defined and appended to purchase orders.
    • • Flexible purchase order print formats match the specific needs of each user.
    • • User-defined payment control codes can be associated with purchase orders.
    • • Purchase orders can be expedited by line item through the fabrication and delivery processes.
    • • Commitments are generated to the Cost Accounting and Work Order modules when a purchase order is costed to either of those subledgers.
    • • Commitments are automatically reconciled with actual costs when a purchase order is closed.
    • • Encumbrances can be optionally generated to the General Ledger module.

    • • Multi-level On-line Purchase Order Inquiry

                                  Purchase Order Selection Screen
                                        Purchase Order Line Item Detail
                                                Expediting Detail
                                                Invoice Detail
                                                Receiver Detail
                                                Purchase Detail
                                                Direct Purchase Issues
                                                Line Item Descriptions

    • Purge processes for deleting completed requisitions and purchase orders.

MODULE INTERFACE
 

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

 

 

                         TRANSACTIONS
      Accounts Payable

Invoiced quantities and costs against a purchase order

     

Contracts Management

Purchase orders and/or change orders, backcharge change orders

     

Inventory

Re-order requisitions

     

Receiving

Updates the purchase order with received quantities and costs

     

Cost Accounting

 

Commitments and commitment relief transactions

     

General Ledger

 

Purchase order encumbrances

     

Inventory

 

"On order" transactions

     

Work Order

 

Commitments and commitment relief transactions

 
 
REPORTS
 

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 Subledgerl

 

Material Requisition Status

Purchase Order Payment Controls

 

Quotations

Change Orders

 

Print Request for Quotations

Open Orders

  Requisitions Expediting Report