Inventory replenishment

Inventory replenishment is the act of refilling your stock-on-hand. You can replenish an inventory location from a vendor, from another location, or from a requisition purchase order.

You can determine reorder information when setting up each item location. Three batch programs use that reorder setup to replenish stock-on-hand: Inventory Location Replenishment Report, Inventory Vendor Reorder Advice, and Replenishment by Requisition.

Use the Inventory Location Replenishment Report, to replenish one location with items from another location. Required item location setup includes a reorder policy of Fixed Order Point (FOP), a reorder document code of Requisition, and automatic purchasing set to No. In Requisitions, the requesting location and requester must be set up. Replenishment requesters can be set up as a combination of the form name and the requesting location, or they can be defined on Location. For more information, see the Requisitions User Guide.

Run Inventory Vendor Reorder Advice to replenish items that you buy from a vendor to stock a location. Required item location setup includes a reorder policy of Fixed Order Point, a reorder document code of Purchasing, and automatic purchasing set to Yes. Use the Order Days option to replenish inventory using vendors that are assigned a specific order day or no order day. Consequently, you can send an order to the vendor in time for their regularly scheduled delivery day. Order days are set up using PO Vendor or Vendor Purchase From Location.

When Replenishment by Requisition is used, you can replenish a location through a requisition interface with Purchasing. When requisitions are created, you can do these things with them:

• Review
• Release
• Create purchase orders
• Run Purchase Order Interface to update Purchasing.

Required item location setup includes a reorder policy of Fixed Order Point (FOP), a reorder document code of Requisition, and automatic purchasing set to Yes. In Requisitions, the requesting location and requester must be set up. Replenishment requesters may be set up as a combination of the form name and the requesting location, or they may be entered on Location. For more information, see the Requisitions User Guide. In Purchasing company setup, the user field for requisition header user field 5 must be defined as Alpha. The Order Days option is available with Replenishment by Requisition as well.