Order Point

Multistore: This field is store-specific.

This field on the Stocking tab of the Inventory Maintenance window indicates the point at which you should reorder the item. You can manually enter this quantity or use the Order Point Report (ROP) to calculate it.

Stock Transfer Balancing users only: you can click the Order Point hyperlink to view and/or change additional Order Points.  These additional Order Points can be updated manually in this dialog or by running the ROP report.  

You can use this field in three ways.

• Use it as an order point. More Information

  Any time the quantity on hand (see the actual calculation below) is less than the order point, the system suggests an order of enough units (rounded by the order multiple or standard  package) to make the quantity on hand equal to or greater than this number.

• Use it with the Maximum Stk Level field for a minimum/maximum ordering scheme. More InformationAny time the quantity on hand is less than the order point, the system suggests an order of enough units (rounded   by the order multiple or standard package) to make the quantity on hand equal to or greater than the maximum stock level.
  
  The value you enter here must be less than the value you enter in the Maximum Stk Level field.

• Use it with Report ROR (Restocking Order Report) to indicate the point at which you should order this item. More InformationIf the order point is zero, and the to-date sales are less than or equal to zero, the item prints on the report. If the order point is greater than the to-date sales, the item does not print on the report. If the order point is less than or equal to the to-date sales, the item prints on the report. Its order quantity is the to-date sales amount (up to the maximum stock level, if it exists).           

To calculate a suggested order, the system does the following.

1. Add the quantities in the following fields:

   • Quantity On Hand

   • Qty On Order

   • Future Order (only if the quantity is current, based on the # Days Before Future PO Quantity Becomes Current field in Options Configuration (or Function MPC)

2. Subtract the quantities in the following fields from the total quantity in step 1:

1. • Committed Qty

   • Cust Backorder

3. Compare the difference between the sum of steps 1  and 2 to the order point.  If the order point is less than the difference between steps 1 and 2, the system does not suggest that you order the item.  If the order point is greater than the difference between steps 1 and 2, the system suggests that you order the item (in some multiple of the order multiple or standard   package).

This field is numeric. You can enter up to five numbers, from 0 to 99999. The default is blank. This means there is no order point, and the system will not suggest an order for this item.