Adding Demand from Dependent Selling Branches to Purchasing Branches

A dependent selling branch is a branch that does not warehouse the stock that it sells. Instead, it relies on a separate purchasing or warehousing branch to ship items that the selling branch has sold to customers. For example, your selling branch is a showroom branch without a warehouse. When you sell items, your purchasing branch or warehousing branch is responsible for shipping or transferring those items "as needed."

If a selling branch does not stock an item, but transfers it in "as needed" to fulfill a customer request, you will want to add the demand to the purchasing branch. If the Min/Max settings are less than the actual demand in the selling branch, the purchasing branch buys and keeps in reserve sufficient inventory based on demand and transfers it to the selling branch.
If the selling branch is closing out of the item at their location, you would not want to add the demand to the purchasing branch. If the Min/Max settings are more than the actual demand in the selling branch, the purchasing branch buys and keeps in reserve the specified amounts.

To add demand from a selling branch to a purchasing branch:

From the Maintenance menu, select Product to display the Product Maintenance window.
Display a product record.
From the Inventory menu, select Primary Inventory Maintenance to display the Primary Inventory Maintenance dialog box
From the Edit menu, select User Controls to display the Product User Control Parameters dialog box.
From the File menu, select Hierarchy to display the Product User Control Parameters dialog box.
In the Enter hierarchy branch field, enter the branch or territory ID.
Click OK to display user control parameters for the selected branch in the Product User Control Parameters dialog box.
Complete the following fields:

Field	Setting
Min	Enter the actual quantity that should ever be stored at the child branch when using this field with the Calc Dmnd field. In this case, the minimum value must equal the maximum value.
Max	Enter the actual quantity that should ever be stored at the child branch when using this field with the Calc Dmnd field. In this case, the maximum value must equal the minimum value.
Expiration Date	Leave blank.
Calculate Demand	To include sales of the item at the selling branch in the calculation of demand at the purchasing branch, select the check box; otherwise, leave it blank. Use this option for situations wherein a selling branch does not normally stock an item, but transfers the item in as-needed from another location.
	For example, if the Min/Max settings are less than the actual demand in the baby branch, select the check box so the purchasing / parent branch buys and keeps in reserve sufficient inventory based on demand and transfers it to the child branch according to Min/Max.
	If you use a minimum-only order point for your newer products, ensure that the Calculate Demand field is deselected.

Save the information and exit the dialog box.

Changes take effect when you exit Product Maintenance.