Items Due For Ordering

The first table under the Purchase Orders tab is a very useful table. It is a list of Items / Parts that still need to be ordered and specific attention can be paid to those with a high “Days Overdue” amount or those that have a close “Required Due Date”.

Example of functionality in use

The following are the column header descriptions for the “Items Due For Ordering” table:

Field	Description
PO #	This is the unique number that is given to an approved Requisition.
Item	The name of the Part that you are looking to order.
Qty	The number of items against the Purchase Order for that particular part.
Order By Date	The Application works out the difference between when the part is required by and the lead time of the part and gives a day >>> Required Due Date less Lead Day = Order By Date
Lead Days	For Catalogue Parts, you have to fill in “Lead Times”. Therefore this field will be populated with whatever is saved against that particular part.
Required Due Date	This is the “Due Date” that was defined when raising the Requisition. This field may be blank as it is not a mandatory requirement.
Days Overdue	Number of days overdue.
Vendor	The name of the Vendor that the Purchase Order is with.

Only the “PO #” column is clickable in this table. While you can therefore click in to a Purchase Order – the information that is returned is read only and actually moves the user to the “All Purchase Orders” tab.

If you select a Purchase Order – this will open up a screen similar to the below. You are also to view the history of the Purchase Order. (Note: the history button is available on all screens throughout the “Purchasing Tab” – with the exception of the “Item Scheduling” Table.

Configuration of functionality

Access to this table is configurable by role.

Other Notes

When viewing this table - focus on those Items that are Overdue for ordering ("Days Overdue" column) or those where the Required Date is very close ("Required Due Date" column).