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Stock Supply Module
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The Stock Supply module add automatic supply mechanisms and introduce
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the concepts of order point and purchase request.
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Purchase Request
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A purchase request define the need for the purchase of a product. It
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is linked to a warehouse and eventually a supplier, it contains a
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ideal purchase date and an expected supply date. A purchase request
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can be in one of these states:
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* Draft
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A draft purchase request is a request that is not linked to a
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purchase.
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* Purchased
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A Purchased request is a request that is linked to a purchase which
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is not in state Done or Cancel.
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* Done
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A purchase request is in state Done if it is linked to a Purchase
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which is in state Done.
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* Cancel
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A purchase request is in state Cancel if it is linked to a Purchase
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which is cancelled.
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A wizard allow to create purchases based on a selection of Draft
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purchase requests. The new purchases contains one purchase line by
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purchase request and group them by warehouse and by supplier. Once the
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purchases are created, the corresponding purchase requests are set to
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the state Purchased.
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Order Point
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An order point define minimum and maximum quantities for a product on
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a location. The minimum quantity is the quantity that should be always
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(if possible) available. The maximum is a target quantity that should
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be reached when re-ordering. An order point also define a type which
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can be:
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* Internal
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An Internal order point is defined on a Storage location, it also
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define a provisioning location. If the minimum quantity is reached
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it will result in the creation of an internal packing between the
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provisioning location and the Storage location.
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* Purchase
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A Purchase order point is defined on a warehouse location. If the
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minimal quantity is reached on the warehouse it will result in a
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purchase request.
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The internal packings and purchase requests are created by schedulers
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with respect to stock levels and existing packings and requests.
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