Assigning Procurement Groups to Products and Buy Lines

Each product belongs to a procurement group that determines branch replenishment paths.

Procurement groups are assigned at three levels: product, buy line, and default. These levels are used in a hierarchy. If the system looks for a product's procurement group, it searches at the product level first. If none is defined, it searches the buy line level. If none is defined at the buy line level, it searches for the system default.

Individual products in the same buy line do not have to be in the same procurement group. For example, in one buy line you can assign fast moving products to one procurement group and slow moving products to another procurement group.

The default level is defined during system installation and applies to all products unless overridden by a price line or product level procurement group.

Assigning the Product Level

The product level applies to a product and overrides the buy line and default procurement groups. Before you can assign procurement information you must create the procurement group.

To assign procurement information to a product:

From the Files menu, select Product to display the Product Maintenance screen.
In the Product ID field, enter the product name or number and press Enter.
Use the arrow keys to position the cursor in the Procure Group field.
Press F10 and select a procurement group.
Press Esc to commit your change.
Press Esc to exit the screen and return to the main menu.

Assigning the Buy Line Level

The Buy Line level applies to all products assigned to a buy line and overrides the default procurement group. Before you can assign procurement information you must create the procurement group.

For super buy lines that do not have a procure group specified the suggested P/O report will first look to the individual product lines contained within the super buy line to determine procure group. If individual product lines do not contain a procure group the system uses a default group of DFLT.

To assign procurement information to a buy line:

From the Purch / Maintenance menu, select Buy Line Maintenance to display the Buy Line Maintenance screen.
In the Buy Line ID field, enter the buy line and press Enter.
Use the arrow keys to position the cursor in the Procure Group field.
Press F10 and select a procurement group.
Press Esc to commit your change.
Press Esc to exit the screen and return to the main menu.