Viewing Product Demand and Procurement Information

Use the Primary Inventory Maintenance screen to view product demand and procurement information for each branch in which the product exists. The system displays the demand and procurement information for each branch's warehousing scheme, such as central purchasing or central distribution.

The system continually updates the product's projected inventory level and order/transfer point in real time. The system updates the remaining information on the screen each time you run the Update Product Demand Forecast program for the product.

For stock products, the Primary Inventory Maintenance screen displays a summary of the product's current demand information. For nonstock products, the system does not calculate the order point, line point, Economic Order Quantity (EOQ), and monthly demand.

To view a product's demand information:

From the Files menu, select Product to display the Product Maintenance screen.
Display the product record for which to view demand information.
Use the Inven hot key to display the Primary Inventory Maintenance screen.
Review the following information for the displayed product record:

Column	Description
Brch	Branch to which the demand information applies. Branch's with the following letter suffixes indicate the warehousing scheme used for replenishing that product. These lines display calculated information for all branches combined under the defined warehouse scheme. P – Central purchasing branch that purchases for other branches. W –Central distribution branch that warehouses for other branches. C – Central warehousing branch that both purchases and warehouses for other branches.
Stk	Product's stock status: (Y) – Pre-defined stock item. (N) – Pre-defined nonstock item. (-) – System calculates the item's stock or nonstock status based on the number of hits the product receives in a branch warehouse network.
Buy Pkg (unit of measure)	Buy package quantity integral in which the product is purchased or transferred. For example: If set to 6, stock is purchased or transferred in quantities of 6, 12, 18, 24, and so forth.
Div	Whether the product's buy package quantity integral can be divided when one of the following occurs: Vendor purchases the product. Warehousing branch transfers the product.

Review the following demand information for the displayed product record:

Note: The following columns display different information depending on whether the branch is a parent or child branch.

Column	Parent Branch Description	Chile Branch Description
PIL	Projected inventory level.	Projected inventory level.
OP/XP	Order point.	Transfer point and surplus point.
Low Sale (unit of measure)	Lowest quantity sold in the branch within the forecast period.	Lowest quantity sold in the branch within the forecast period.
EOQ	Economic Order Quantity (EOQ), based on the combined demand of the multi-branch network. When the low sale quantity exceeds the calculated EOQ, the system uses the low sale quantity in place of the EOQ in associated calculations. If this is the case, the field displays with an asterisk (*) to indicate the exception.	EOQ for the product in the branch.
Monthly Demand	Monthly demand for the product in the branch.	Monthly demand for the product in the branch.
Monthly Hits	Monthly hits for the product in the branch.	Monthly hits for the product in the branch.
Leadtime XF Cyc	Lead time for a purchasing branch.	Transfer cycle days for a selling branch.
Safety LT Day	Number of lead time safety days for the item in the branch.	Number of lead time safety days for the item in the branch.

Press Esc to exit the screen.

More Options on the Primary Inventory Maintenance Screen

The Primary Inventory Maintenance screen also offers these options:

Hot Key	Function
Audit	Displays the Demand Calculation Audit screen. Use this screen to view product demand calculation information.
Order Points	Displays the Product Order Points/Line Points screen. Use this screen to do one of the following: View product order point and line point calculation information. Change the safety factor and projected gross margin for an individual branch.
Forecast Params	Displays the Forecast Parameters Maintenance screen. Use this screen to set the parameters used to forecast product demand.
User Controls	Displays the Product User Controls Parameters screen. Use this screen to enter specialized product-level user inventory control parameters.
Inv Inq	Display the Inventory Inquiry screen. Use this screen to view inventory details for the product in all branches.
EDI	Displays the EDI/VMI screen. Use this screen to flag the product as vendor-managed inventory for EDI.
Addl	Displays the Additional Inventory Parameters screen. Use this screen to do the following: Set up the product's stock or nonstock determination. Determine the product's buy package and divisibility overrides.