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Inquiry - Purchase Inquiry

This inquiry displays an item's purchasing details including average cost, last landed cost, reorder quantity and date of next purchase.

  1. Open the Item Inquiry screen for the item you want to inquire on.

Refer to "Displaying the Item Inquiry Screen" (MDS and MRF) or "Displaying the Item Inquiry Screen" (POS).

  1. Select INQUIRY | PURCHASE INQUIRY.

Micronet displays the Enter Purchase Information screen.

This screen displays the following details:

 

Field

Value

 

Item Number

The item number.

 

Item Description

The item description.

 

Inquiry Cost

This field is only displayed if you have been given the appropriate access in the Show Cost on Inquiries field in your user ID (refer to "Maintenance - Edit UserIDs - 1. Main").

If so, it displays the default buy price set against your user ID, which is also displayed in the field name, e.g. Average Cost, Last Buy or a specific buy price.

 

Last Landed Cost (Ex)

This field is only displayed if you have been given the appropriate access in the Show Cost on Inquiries field in your user ID (refer to "Maintenance - Edit UserIDs - 1. Main").

If so, it displays the last purchased price (or assembled price if you are using the Micronet Kitting System) excluding GST.

 

Fifo per item

If FIFO (first in first out) is being used to allow tracking of items by serial number, this displays whether tracking is turned on or off for the item. Options are:

  • No - serial number tracking is not used for this item
  • Fifo no Serial Numbers - FIFO is used for this item but not serial number tracking
  • Fifo with Serial Numbers - FIFO and serial number tracking are used for this item.

For more information about FIFO and serial number tracking, refer to "Edit - Program - General" and "Edit - Program - Purchasing".

 

Reorder Quantity

The minimum or recommended order quantity for this item. This could relate to one, a box, a pallet, etc. of products.

 

Lead Time (Days)

The average lead time from order to delivery for the item to be receipted into store.

 

Duty Rate

The duty rate for the item. This is normally only used by importers of products. Duty can be entered as a percentage rate or entered via Duty Tables.

For more information, refer to "Edit Company - Edit - Duty Tables" and "Edit Company - Edit - Tax Tables".

 

Unit of Purchase

The unit to be printed on purchase orders, e.g. Each, Packet, Box, etc.

 

Next PO Due Date

The next date on which the item is due to be purchased.

 

Purchase Units

Purchase units enable the purchasing of items in a quantity/measure different to the one in which the items are sold, e.g. purchased by tonnes but sold in lineal metres, or purchased in packets but sold as each.

 

Apply to Cost

This field optionally uses the Purchase Units quantity to convert the landed order cost to the individual item file cost, e.g. pallet to box, tonnes to lineal metres, boxes of 12 to individual pens. The options are:

  • No – this option is not used
  • Costs Per Unit – the costs entered at receipt are the package or pallet cost
  • Convert Costs To Each – the costs entered are the individual stocked unit costs.

 

Quantity

This field optionally uses the Purchase Units to convert the quantity. The options are:

  • No – this option is not used
  • Qty Only – only the quantity is converted; the cost remains as entered
  • Qty and Invert Cost – the costs are calculated and quantity is converted.

 

Weight

Yes means Micronet uses the Purchase Units to convert the weight or volume of the item; No means it doesn't.

 

Location

The ID of each location or warehouse that stocks the item.

 

Name

The name of each location or warehouse that stocks the item.

 

Bin

The bin ID within each location or warehouse where stocks of the item are stored.

 

Min Stock

 

 

Max Stock

 

 

Avg For

 

 

Stocked

 
  1. When you have finished, select Ok to exit the Enter Purchase Information screen.

Micronet redisplays the Item Inquiry screen where you can perform another inquiry if required.

  1. Select FILE | NEW to inquire on a different item.