Purchasing Tab
PRICES
The first four options update the buy price on the stock item, or for the supplier associated with the stock item, either when you save a purchase order or purchase invoice. This means that the latest buy price is held against the stock item.
Purchase Prices are Net
Control whether purchase prices are Net (default) or Gross.
Purchase Discount Net
Control whether purchase discounts are Net (default) or Gross.
Lock Purchase Order Prices
This is used when you don’t want the prices on a purchase order to be changed once saved, for example if you negotiate special prices with your supplier.
REORDERING
Stock Reordering Base Value
Determines what the Reorder Report bases the suggested reorder quantities on, either Reorder Qty or Safe Level recorded against stock items, or based on nothing (i.e. no suggested reorder quantities will show).
Round to Reorder Multiple
Controls whether the reorder multiples recorded against stock items are used to calculate the suggested reorder quantity on the reorder report (enabled) or not (disabled).
Use Backorders in Calculations
Controls whether back order quantities are taken into consideration when suggesting reorder quantities on the reorder report or not.
SAFE LEVELS
Max number of months sales to assess
The number of months sales to be taken in consideration when performing a re-assessment of safe levels from the Reorder Report screen.
Notes and Caveats:
We usually recommend to set the system to assess quite a few months’ worth of sales data (e.g. 12 months) so that any fluctuation in seasonal demand is evened out. This is so that if you perform a safe level reassessment during or immediately after a seasonal busy period for example, the system won’t be setting your safe levels to an unrealistic high level based on the last month or so only, which would be unsuitable during quieter periods.
Options
Using the options following on from the above, you can dictate what the system takes into account when reassessing safe levels, for example if it should look to factor in back order figures and credit notes. In addition, it allows you to choose whether to assess safe levels for items currently with a 0 safe level.