Replenishing an inventory location through Requisitions

You can create a requisition to replenish inventory locations. When you use this method, the order goes through the approval process in the Requisitions application before it goes to the Purchase Order application. This procedure explains how to replenish inventory locations by creating a requisition.

Before you can create a replenishment document, you must enter information about the item's replenishment source in the item location file. Setting up item locations You must also set up requesters in the Requisitions application. For more information, see the Requisitions User Guide.

To replenish inventory locations through requisitions

Access Replenishing by Requisitions PO's (IC142).
Add a job name and description.
Define the job parameters to create a replenishment document.

Use the following guidelines to enter field values:

Location

Select the To location; the location that is receiving the items.

Create Unreleased Documents

Select Yes to create requisitions for items that met replenishment criteria.

The default value for this field is No.

Include Inactive Items

Select Yes to include inactive items in the location replenishment report.

Print Exception Report

Select whether to print an exception report of certain items not shown as needing replenishment.

Sort Option

Select how to sort the report, by vendor or bin.

Use Requesting Location as From Location

If you are replenishing from both IC142 and IC141, select whether to override the From location from IC141. By selecting Yes, you let IC142 replenish the location, even though the requesting location has a different From location.

Order Days

Select whether you want vendors with that specific order day (defined using PO Vendor (PO10.1) or Vendor Purchase From Location (PO10.2)).

If you select Yes, the form only processes vendors who are assigned to this order day or vendors with no order days assigned.

Note: You cannot select vendor attributes if you use order days.

Vendor Attribute List

Select an attribute list (must have been previously defined using List (MX10.1). If you select an attribute list, the Order Days fields must be blank.

For more information on attributes, see the chapter on Using Attribute Matrix Attributes.
Select the Add form action.
Submit the report.

Followup tasks

After you have submitted the replenishment report, you must run Purchase Order Interface from Lawson Applications (PO100) in the Purchase Order application. For information on purchase order processing, see the Purchase Order User Guide.