Inventory Control

The Inventory Control module maintains the accurate on-hand and on-order inventory balances needed to implement company-established inventory policies. Fully integrated with other modules, it automatically reacts to changes in product design, component availability, and customer demands. Unnecessary paperwork is eliminated because reports are produced on an exception basis to inform or remind you of situations that require your attention.

Items can be tracked by lot number for purchase receipt through customer shipment. On-line inquires provide an accurate, timely picture of inventory balances – by location, lot and balance type. If appropriate for your environment, you can view quantities in stock keeping units, based on physical quantity, or in active units, based on the potency. To help predict shortages, you can view the time-phased availability of any item based on purchase orders, customer orders, and manufacturing requirements. Finally, it provides you with flexible control over your inventory by supporting both periodic cycle counting and full physical inventory. Some reports produced include cycle counting reminders and material shortage notifications.

Transfer Control

The Transfer Control module provides the communication capabilities essential to efficient material replenishment in a multiple warehouse environment. When a required component is stocked at another warehouse, the Requirements Planning and Master Scheduling modules generate a transfer requisition to meet the requirement. In addition, warehouses can communicate replenishment requirements and activity by entering on-line material transfer requisitions. Approved requisitions are then covered by transfer orders. Detailed transactions at each warehouse track quantities of inventory that are expected, shipped, received and scrapped. These quantities are reconciled before requisitions and orders are automatically closed.

Purchasing

This module manages all purchasing functions. Item/vendor relationships are established and statistics are maintained on delivery performance, price performance, and quality performance. A quote maintenance feature allows for the development of multiple quotes for each item/vendor relationship. The procurement process begins with requisitions for purchased material. Requisitions can be entered manually, if desired, or are generated automatically by the planning modules. The requisitions are then covered either manually or automatically with purchase orders.

In a JIT environment, blanket orders represent the long-term agreement between customer and supplier. The procurement process ends with the receipt of items, a quantity control count, and an optional quality control check. Purchase orders, purchase order acknowledgements, and vendor shipping documents can be transmitted and received electronically through the EDI module. When invoices are received, the Accounts Payable module matches the invoices against the original orders and purchase order receipts.

Repetitive Supply

The Repetitive Supply module is a just-in-time supply chain management solution that is designed to handle the ordering and receipt of deliveries from vendors in an efficient and individually tailored manner. In conjunction with the Requirements Planning and Purchasing modules, Repetitive Supply allows planners to plan and order a steady flow of goods on an as-needed basis. It also offers you flexibility in implementing contract pricing for specific vendors, items and time periods.

See also MAC-PAC XE Priority Manager.

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