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Purchasing Module.

From the job BoM to requests, orders and receipts.

orders

From BoM to order, without retyping.

The technical office sends BoM lines to purchasing with “Send to purchasing”. The buyer finds them in “To buy”, asks several suppliers for a quote, picks the winners and turns them into orders.

  • To buy: lines from all jobs, with the “on the shop floor by” date
  • Requests for quotation to several suppliers, with a PDF letter and responses recorded and compared
  • Orders from the RFQ winners or from the purchase price list, with cascading discounts
  • Supplier confirmation, also tacit if they don't reply in time
  • For every standard part in the BoM, the cheapest compatible item in the chosen price list
  • External operations, such as hardening, sent as purchase requests
  • Qualified suppliers; a mandatory supplier when the customer's specification requires it
item.datitude.eu / purchasing / to-buy
To buy
Lines sent by the technical office · all jobs
Create RFQCreate order
JobCodeDescriptionQtyOn the shop floor bySupplier
C01241.2343 ESRCavity block 596×446×1201W22Acciai Rossi S.p.A.
C01241.2343 ESRCore block 596×446×1401W22Acciai Rossi S.p.A.
C0126Z00/116×18×115Guide pillar4W25NormaTech GmbH
C0126Z40/12×160Ejector pin16W25NormaTech GmbH
C0122EXT-HARDENINGVacuum hardening · external1W24—
C0130Z00/116×22×115Guide pillar4W27NormaTech GmbH
3 requests selected · 42 to process
item.datitude.eu / purchasing / rfq / C0124-07
Request for quotation · 3 suppliers Complete
C0124 · cavity and core blocks · all responses received
PDF letterCreate order
LineNormaTech GmbHAcciai Rossi S.p.A.DELTA Metalli S.r.l.
Cavity block€2,8403 wks€2,610 ✓2 wks€2,7804 wks
Core block€3,1203 wks€2,950 ✓2 wks€3,0104 wks
Cut to size€180—€210—€120 ✓—
Total€6,140€5,770€5,910
receiving and warehouse

What arrives gets checked, what's left over can be found.

Receiving records the supplier's document and the inspection. A non-conforming quantity automatically opens a non-conformity, closed with a treatment or a replacement. The warehouse separates free stock, tools and each job's allocated stock, at weighted average cost; withdrawals and transfers between jobs stay traceable.

plan

A supplier delay shows up in the plan right away.

The delivery schedule shows what is arriving and what to chase, grouped by supplier. A newly confirmed date goes into the BoM as the expected arrival, and the operations that use that material don't start before it arrives. The history of each line shows where time was lost, on our side or the supplier's.

item.datitude.eu / purchasing / delivery-schedule
Delivery schedule
Incoming order lines · by supplier
1 to chase
OrderJobItemConf. dateStatus
Acciai Rossi S.p.A.
26/0418C0124Cavity blockW22Incoming
26/0418C0124Core blockW22Incoming
NormaTech GmbH
26/0431C0126Guide pillar ×4W21To chase
New dateNo reply
26/0431C0126Ejector pin ×16W25Confirmed
DELTA Metalli S.r.l.
26/0440C0124Cut to sizeW22Confirmed
The new date goes into the BoM as the expected arrival
Bill of materials →To buy →Request for quotation →Order →Receiving →Job plan
features

One module, many features.

To buy

BoM lines sent by the technical office, from all jobs, with the “on the shop floor by” date.

Requests for quotation

To several suppliers, with a PDF letter. Responses are recorded and compared line by line.

Purchase orders

From the RFQ winners or the purchase price list, with cascading discounts and supplier confirmation.

Receiving and inspection

On arrival, the supplier's document and the inspection are recorded.

Warehouse

Free stock, tools and job stock, at weighted average cost. Withdrawals and transfers between jobs are traced.

Delivery schedule and reminders

What's arriving and what to chase, grouped by supplier. The confirmed date goes into the BoM.

Non-conformities

Opened by a non-conforming quantity at receiving, closed with a treatment or a replacement.

Qualified suppliers

Suppliers qualified by category; a mandatory supplier when the customer's specification requires it.

Supplier and delivery reports

The history of each line shows where time was lost, on our side or the supplier's.

The Purchasing module works on the Technical Management bill of materials.

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