Product-Inventory Details

This section contains settings that has a major impact on how CREST ERP handles the Product

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Require Inventory

Setting this to YES will not allow backordering, ie. allowing Sales Orders to be entered even if the item is not in stock. If you want to allow backordering, set this parameter to NO, which will allow Orders to be entered even if QOH is negative

Requirement Method

You can specify how shortages are to be treated for procurement, such as not creating a requirement at all, create a requirement when ATP quantity falls below minimum inventory level etc.

The following methods can be defined for a product:

1. Auto drop-ship on low quantity
2. Automatic For Every Sales Order
3. Drop-ship Only
4. No Requirement Created
5. Requirement For Order When ATP Reaches Minimum Stock For Product-Facility
6. When ATP Reaches Minimum Stock For Product-Facility
7. When QOH Reaches Minimum Stock For Product-Facility

Drop-ship – Ignore
Automatic For Every Sales Order: This means a separate Requirement is created for individual sales order, instead of aggregate Order quantity
Requirement Not Created : When set to this, no Requirement is automatically created
Requirement For Order When ATP Reaches Minimum Stock For Product-Facility:
When ATP Reaches Minimum Stock For Product-Facility: With this setting, a Requirement will be created automatically when the quantity Available To Promise [ATP] of the Product reaches or drops below the Minimum Stock Level set for the Facility. E.g: If Min. level is 300 and ATP is 301, no Requirement is created. The moment it falls below 301, CREST ERP creates a Requirement automatically, for the Re-order Quantity defined.
When QOH Reaches Minimum Stock For Product-Facility: In this case, a Requirement is created when Quantity On Hand [QOH] reaches or drops below Minimum Stock Level set for the Facility

Purchase Tolerance Levels

Sometimes, Suppliers may make deliveries in part or in short/excess deliveries against Purchase Orders. You can set a +/- tolerance for procurement if small variations in quantity received against Purchase Orders need to be accommodated. If you set this to zero, you can only receive the exact order quantity.