Procurement Reporting and Online Reporting Features and Functions

• Requisition report and query


• Purchase order report and query for planned POs and released POs


• Purchase order status and follow-up reporting or querying


• Purchasing action recommended according to material requirements


• User-defined parameters for PO and receipt exception reporting


• Released purchase orders traced by part number


• PO commitments may be traced by accounting time period (30, 60, and 90 days)


• Runs reports or queries on purchase orders based on parameters determined by users such as alphabetical supplier, due date, PO number, or part number


• Committed POs may be reported or queried based on contracts


• Committed POs may be reported or queried based on formal supplier transactions


• Reports or queries transaction data history for purchased items


• Reports or queries quotes sorted by supplier name or number, or item name or number


• Identifies unfilled order backlog by reporting or querying on PO buyer status (includes planned, firm planned, and released)


• Reports or queries POs by buyer performance (a comparison of price quoted to price paid as well as delivery time promised to actual date of receipt).


• User-defined reporting to aid contract renegotiation


• Users may query available balances and product consumption by warehouse


• Alerts users with a list of stock actions (such as replenishment) or product actions that need to be resolved


• Generates a list of the demand forecast for stock orders (may be based on seasonal activities, consumption, etc.)


• Reminds suppliers about orders that have not been confirmed or delivered


• Automatic reminder (closed-loop system) for corrective actions


• Inputs or updates data upon product purchase or upon verification at warehouse arrival


• Turnover frequency is tracked by product number and product group


• Users may determine the summary information that should be provided regarding warehouse and inventory


• Online views for history and related notes