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Turn material shortages into purchase orders

Procurement is the buyer's workspace: one inbox for shortages and requests, purchase orders to suppliers, and supplier price lists.

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Shortages from MRP and requests from people meet here.

What it does

  1. 01

    One inbox, two sources

    Shortages arrive from MRP. People add requests, which need approval before a buyer sees them. Each row shows its source.

  2. 02

    Supplier suggestions

    Suggestions come from the supplier price list: unit price, minimum order, lead time and a preferred flag.

  3. 03

    Purchase orders

    Purchase orders move from draft to approved to sent. A draft counts as incoming supply in the next MRP run.

Where the data comes from

  • MRP events: calculated shortages arrive in the inbox automatically.
  • Manual entry: requests, suppliers and price lists. Only the price list feeds supplier suggestions.
  • WMS events: a completed receipt updates received quantities and closes a complete order.

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Good to know

  • Procurement creates no PDF purchase order. The order text and item table go in the email body.
  • There is no request for quotation, auction or offer comparison. Suggestions are read from price lists.
  • Invoices and payments belong to ERP. Receiving a delivery is done in WMS.

Screens from the IRIS demo

Sample data from the IRIS demo factory. Click a screen to enlarge it.

Purchase Orders: status, amount, expected date and actions.
Suppliers: contacts, payment terms, rating and price lists.

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