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Field descriptions: Purchase order planning

This page describes the fields for the Purchase order planning page. The fields are listed in alphabetical order.

Field	Description
Company	The parent company code.
Company name	The parent company name.
Expected receipt date	The date the item needs to be available to meet the demand.
Gross price	The total price including VAT for a single Stock unit. The Gross price is calculated automatically from the supplier prices if the Supplier name is displayed by default. You can increase or decrease the default price per unit. You need to enter the price per Stock unit for the item if the Gross price is zero or blank. The Gross price is: Zero if you entered or selected the Supplier or changed the default or the nominated supplier to a different Supplier. Blank if the Supplier is blank.
Item	The code of the item to be manufactured or bought in.
Item name	The item name to be manufactured or bought in.
Order date	The planned order date. The default is the MRP calculation request Start date. You can select a different date.
Preferred process	The method the MRP calculations recommend you use to replenish stock to meet the demand. Production: The suggested replenishment method is a work order. Purchasing: The suggested replenishment method is a purchase order.
Purchase quantity	The planned purchase quantity. The quantity is not necessarily the same as the quantity appearing on the demand that triggered the requirement. It represents the order quantity that MRP has calculated produces the best schedule, subject to the specified item-site replenishment rules and MRP calculation request criteria.
Site	The purchasing site code.
Site name	The purchasing site name.
Suggestion date	The date the suggestion was created from the MRP calculation request.
Suggestion source	The source of the generated suggestion. MRP: An MRP calculation request matched your supply of components, raw materials, and stock items with current and future demand for your item, identified stock shortages, and generated the recommendation to satisfy these stock shortages.
Supplier	The supplier name. The supplier name is displayed by default if the supplier is the default supplier for the item. If multiple suppliers supply the item, a supplier is nominated. You can change the default or the nominated supplier to a different supplier. If the Supplier records fail to nominate the supplier, you need to enter or select the supplier.

Purchase order planning: Replenishment details

Displayed when you select a suggestion from the main view.

Field	Description
Calculation user	The Sage Distribution and Manufacturing Operations user that requested the MRP calculation and created the suggestion.
Company	The parent company name.
Create order status	The current status of the generated suggestion. Pending: The suggested order has not been created.
Expected receipt date	The date the item needs to be available to meet the demand.
Gross price	The total price including VAT for a single Stock unit. The Gross price is calculated automatically from the supplier prices if the Supplier name is displayed by default. You can increase or decrease the default price per unit. You need to enter the price per Stock unit for the item if the Gross price is zero or blank. The Gross price is: Zero if you entered or selected the Supplier or changed the default or the nominated supplier to a different Supplier. Blank if the Supplier is blank.
Item	The item name to be bought in.
Order date	The planned order date. The default is the MRP calculation request Start date. You can select a different date.
Preferred process	The method the MRP calculations recommend you use to replenish stock to meet the demand. Production: The suggested replenishment method is a work order. Purchasing: The suggested replenishment method is a purchase order.
Purchase quantity	The planned purchase quantity. The quantity is not necessarily the same as the quantity appearing on the demand that triggered the requirement. It represents the order quantity that MRP has calculated produces the best schedule, subject to the specified item-site replenishment rules and MRP calculation request criteria.
Purchase unit	The Purchase unit defined for the item.
Purchasing site	The purchasing site name.
Stock quantity	The planned purchase quantity in the stock unit.
Stock site	The site the item is stored at or managed from.
Stock unit	The Stock unit defined for the item.
Suggestion date	The date the suggestion was created from the MRP calculation request.
Suggestion source	The source of the generated suggestion. MRP: An MRP calculation request matched your supply of components, raw materials, and stock items with current and future demand for your item, identified stock shortages, and generated the recommendation to satisfy these stock shortages.
Supplier	The supplier name. The supplier name is displayed by default if the supplier is the default supplier for the item. If multiple suppliers supply the item, a supplier is nominated. You can change the default or the nominated supplier to a different supplier. If the Supplier records fail to nominate the supplier, you need to enter or select the supplier.

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