Retail businesses have to manage the stock needs of their POS Locations. A consolidation of Purchase Orders (PO)/ Indents received from POS Locations will ensure that the costs of purchasing are controlled and inventory is properly managed. There are different ways in which the materials requirements of the POS locations are met, materials delivered and accounted.
HO raises PO and supplier delivers materials to POS locations.
POS raises Indent, HO raises PO, supplier delivers materials to POS locations.
POS raises Indent, HO raises PO and issues Delivery Advice to service locations. Supplier delivers materials to service locations which stock and deliver to POS locations.
POS raises PO and sends to service locations, which raises PO and sends to supplier. Supplier delivers to service locations which deliver to POS.
Purchase Order Consolidation is used to consolidate the purchase orders/ indents raised by POS locations.
How to reach: Merchandise > Purchase Order > Consolidation
The Purchase Order/Indent Consolidation window is displayed. In this window you can only execute the Add function. Click the button to consolidate purchase orders from POS.