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Forecast/Purch/Leadt Edit List (PO26)
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Additional Information Automated Purchasing Process |
The Forecast, Purchasing, Lead-time Edit List (PO26) program allows you to print and/or update the Purchasing and Inventory files with the forecast, purchasing criteria and lead-times recalculated by Forecast, Purchasing, Lead-time Recalculation (PO25) and edited (optionally) by Maintain Purchasing Criteria (PO27).
- Note: You can update the Inventory and Purchasing files without printing the report. The printing of PO26 is optional.
- Note: If the results of the PO25 calculation for Forecast fails to be within the lower and upper weighted demand limit values when both the primary and secondary weighting factors are applied (using the factors from Maintain Forecast Calculation Code (PO07), then a simple 12 month average of demand statistics is applied. A 'failure message' is printed on the report in this scenario.
Here are the steps required to print and update the Inventory and Purchasing Master files:
- The Update screen automatically opens. The following message displays on the Update screen: "Do you wish to print the report before you update? Yes/No".
- If you select Yes, to print the report before the update, the Printer Selection window opens. Select the device destination and click OK. The report is automatically sent the the printer selected, and when the report finishes printing, you can select OK to accept the report, Restart to restart the printing or Abort to cancel the request.
- Once the report has printed, the following message displays: "Do you wish to update Inventory and Purchasing Masters? Yes/No".
- Select Yes to update Maintain Inventory Master (IM13) and Maintain Purchasing Info (PO13). PO26 automatically closes.
- Select No to bypass the update and PO26 automatically closes.
- Select Yes to update Maintain Inventory Master (IM13) and Maintain Purchasing Info (PO13). PO26 automatically closes.
- Once the report has printed, the following message displays: "Do you wish to update Inventory and Purchasing Masters? Yes/No".
- If you select No to bypass the printing of the report, the following message displays: "Do you wish to update Inventory and Purchasing Masters? Yes/No".
- Select Yes to update IM13 and PO13. PO26 automatically closes.
- Select No to bypass the update and PO26 automatically closes.
- Select Yes to update IM13 and PO13. PO26 automatically closes.
- If you select Yes, to print the report before the update, the Printer Selection window opens. Select the device destination and click OK. The report is automatically sent the the printer selected, and when the report finishes printing, you can select OK to accept the report, Restart to restart the printing or Abort to cancel the request.
