Inventory replenishment

From another location

Use the Inventory Location Replenishment Report, to replenish one location with items from another location. Required item location setup includes selecting Fixed Order Point as the reorder policy, selecting Requisition as the reorder document, and clearing the Automatic Purchase Order check box. 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. See the Requisitions User Guide.

From a vendor

Run Inventory Vendor Reorder Advice to replenish items that you buy from a vendor to stock a location.Required item location setup includes selecting Fixed Order Point as the reorder policy, selecting Purchase Order as the reorder document, and selecting the Automatic Purchase Order check box. In the Order Days section, select whether 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.

From a requisition purchase order

When Replenishment by Requisition is used, you can replenish a location through a requisition interface with Purchasing. After requisitions are created, you can perform these actions:

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

Required item location setup includes selecting Fixed Order Point as the reorder policy, selecting Requisition as the reorder document, and selecting the Automatic Purchase Order check box. 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. See the Requisitions User Guide. In Purchasing company setup, the user field for requisition header user field 5 must be defined as Alpha. You can select order days when you run Replenishment by Requisition.

From distribution requirements

The Distribution Requirements Report is used to replenish inventory items that have the Time Phased Order Point as the reorder policy and have Requisition as the reorder document. You can view and update the planned orders that are generated when this report is run.