The Inventory Planning (I/P) module is an easy to use purchase planning solution for small to medium-sized business. With I/P, companies can now generate full scale purchasing plans for all their inventory items.

Some of the features include:

Available to Promise (ATP)
Allow your sales team to view available stock, latest prices and customer credit status online. Sales can quote, provide availability information and close the deal without returning to the office.

Buyer Information
Allows definition of unlimited number of buyers for purchased I/C materials
Create planned purchase orders by buyer
Generate planning inquiries by buyer

Item Planning Information
Define safety stock levels for each item record in I/C
Define an order multiple (e.g. purchase unit) for each I/C item
Purchase Lead Time can be maintained for each I/C item
Option to automatically generate planned orders for selected items

Minimum Order
Generate realistic purchase plans with minimum order quantities per item.
Minimum order levels are useful to simulate purchase economic order quantities (EOQ) and supplier minimum order requirements.

Consumption of Sales Forecasts
Sales forecasts can be inputted or imported for use during planning runs.
Actual ACCPAC O/E sales orders can consume user-defined sales forecasts thus preventing excessive estimation of item demand.
Consumption tolerance can be defined by using backward and forward consumption days.

Auto Generation of Purchase Requisitions
Planned orders can be automatically converted to P/O Requisitions via the
I/P Generate PR routine
Buyer has the option to combine or generate separate P/O Requisitions
Buyer has the option to change order dates, due dates and order quantities
for planned orders prior to generating P/O Requisitions

Buyers can also create planning calendars, create 'What if' scenarios and run detailed purchasing reports.

For a complete overview and demonstration of the features of this module, please contact Ken Watson of KBMR on 031-3131030