Exception reporting

All of the replenishment programs allow for exception reporting. If you decide to print an exception report, a listing of certain items that were not replenished is produced. There are several reasons why items are not identified as needing replenishment, such as:

  • The supply/demand for an item has not fallen below the reorder point quantity defined at the item location

  • Replenishment information is missing, either for the vendor or for the company, location, and item

  • The inventory major or minor sales class selected does not match the class from the Item Master

  • The purchasing major or minor class does not match the class from the Item Master

  • The item is set to Inactive in the Item Master and you decided not to include inactive items in the replenishment program

  • An item's Inventory Tracking field is set to No on the Item Location (indicating that the item is not tracked in inventory)

  • The vendor selected for replenishment directly from a vendor is Inactive

Note: Be aware that by printing an exception report, the report lists all items for that location, including items that were and were not selected for replenishment. Lawson recommends printing an exception report when you are setting up new items or locations for replenishment, or to uncover why an item was not reordered.