Suppliers


Description: The Suppliers section is where you can update and maintain all the options for your suppliers. It is selected
by choosing option 1 from the Main Menu.





The following is a list of screens that can be accessed by choosing the Suppliers option from the Main Menu.

 
K3S_2000 - Supplier Maintenance
The Supplier Maintenance screen displays some basic, high level information about the Supplier. From this screen, you can select which
supplier you want to work with. If you wish not to update, you can choose the VIEW option where no updating is allowed. The DELETE option
is also available if no active products exist for that supplier.



A - K3S_2000 - Supplier Maintenance - Add
The Supplier Maintenance Add screens provide a way to set up the Suppliers - Lead Time, Order costs, Order cycle, Service
Levels, Units, Fixed Cycle processing, and Ranking information.



B - K3S_2000 - Supplier Maintenance - Change
The Supplier's data can be updated here.


i - K3S_2040 - Supplier Order Cycle Analysis
Provides a way to analyze the best order cycle taking into account the many variables involved.  



ii - K3S_2020 - Supplier Variable Order Cycle

The Supplier's Variable Order Cycle is displayed and can be updated in these screens.
This powerful function allows
a supplier's Order Cycle and Lead Time to change according to which day of the week you are ordering.


Want to delete a Supplier? This is where you go.  Make sure no products are attached to it.


D - K3S_2060 - Supplier Discount Bracket
Bracket Levels can be used when an order needs to be built up to a specific level or weight.


E - K3S_2030 - Supplier Purchases Summary 
An overview of Supplier Purchases on a yearly basis broken down quarterly. Summary information is displayed by Net cost, Weight,
Volume, Purchase Increments or Other.



F - K3S_2010 Supplier Leadtime Transactions

Shows the results of a Month's worth of Lead Time receipts. The Lead Time Forecasting function runs once a month. It assigns each
product that had a transaction a new Lead Time based on weighted averages (Exponential Smoothing) of new and previous data.
It also computes an average lead time for the supplier.



G - K3S 2007 Supplier Changes Log
View the history of changes made to the Supplier.