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General Information about Refill List - Purchase

You will find a general description of how to manage lists in MONITOR in the chapter Managing Lists in the System under General in the MONITOR Basics guide.

What Does This Procedure Do?

This procedure is used if you use stock replenishment or Stock Refill System (SRS) in MONITOR. Under the Create tab you can load lists for stock replenishment / stock refill for selected purchase and packaging parts. Parts with lot sizing rule B (Bucket parts) are not managed in refill lists.

You can also generate purchase orders directly in a list, which is the equivalent of the function in the Purchase Order Suggestion procedure. Under Printout samples you will find samples of the list, with explanations for the different columns.

You can filter parts using different stock levels. The purpose of filtering list is to get a quick overview of which parts need to be refilled in stock.

It can be useful to change the layout of the list by choosing which columns you want to display in the list. You can also move the columns around in the list. These settings can be saved to a new customized layout.

The basis for the calculations performed in this list are the different formulas from the Planning Formulas procedure in Global Settings module, including the different filter and sorting alternatives. The formulas used here as a standard are those on rows 7, 9 (11) and 13 in that procedure. Read more about these formulas in the Help Function for that procedure.

The calculation will be performed in three steps once the list is loaded, as follows:

  1. Filtering parts that create a refill signal according to Formula 7.
  2. Calculating the order quantity according to Formula 9 (and possibly 11).
  3. Giving priority to the list according to Formula 13.

Please note that if you have activated the setting Purchase limit?, under Orders / Inquiries under the Purchase tab in the Settings procedure, all generated purchase orders will be shown but orders exceeding the purchase limit cannot be printed in this mode. Other orders can be printed if needed.

Please note that you have to configure the setting Split Safety stock and Reorder point?, under Requirements planning under the Inventory tab in the Settings procedure, before you create refill lists. If this setting is not configured, you will see the following Closedwarning text under the Create tab:

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The warning text that appears if the setting for reorder point is not activated.

What Update Options Exist for this Procedure?

You can update the calculated suggested order quantity, delivery period and supplier for each order suggestion.

Warning during Minimum Order Amount

If a minimum order amount is entered regarding purchases from the supplier, a message appears if the total order amount (in the company currency) is lower than the minimum order amount. This check is made when you save the inquiry or the purchase order. The same check of the minimum order amount is made in the procedures Purchase Order Suggestion and Refill List - Purchase when you create a purchase order.

Distribute Purchase between Suppliers

If you have activated the setting Distribute purchase between several suppliers? you can enter a distribution percentage in a supplier link for a part in the Update Part - Purchase procedure. This setting is found under the Orders / Inquiries heading under the Purchase tab in the Settings procedure. This makes it possible to distribute the purchases of the part between two or more suppliers according to the entered percentages. Only one purchase order suggestion will be created, but two or more purchase orders will be created when the suggestion is generated into actual purchase orders. One purchase order will then be created for each supplier according to the distribution in the supplier links.

Can Any Charts Be Displayed?

There are no charts or graphs available in this list.

Window Functions

Use Generate order once you have loaded the list, to generate purchase orders from the suggestions checked with Ok in the list.

Read more about the other Window functions under Window Functions in the MONITOR Basics guide.

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