To enter transfer excess grace days for a buy line:One way to limit the quantities of stock being returned from child branches to parent branches is by specifying a number of transfer excess grace days. Transfer excess grace days are the number of days supply, in addition to the normal transfer cycle of a branch, that the branch may retain stock before the stock is considered surplus.
When you run the Suggested Auto Transfer program, it creates a report that lists the stock and non-stock items in surplus in the child branches what should be returned to the parent branch.
Use the Suggested Auto Transfer program is used to avoid overwhelming the supplying branch and the transfer delivery system with excessive stock. It lets child branches with large quantities of surplus stock hold onto some of the surplus stock before returning it to the parent branch. To gradually send surplus back to the central warehouse for liquidation, start with a high number of excess grace days and over time reduce the number.
You can set transfer excess grace days at the buy line or system level. Set the default number in the Default For Excess Grace In Buy Line Maint control maintenance record. The system uses this number if no setting has been entered in the buy line.
To enter transfer excess grace days for a buy line:On 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 for which you want to change the excess grace days.
In the Xfer Excess Grace field, enter the additional number of days-worth of demand that a child branch can hold onto stock before it is considered surplus for a return transfer to the parent branch. To exempt the surplus stock in the buy line from a transfer, enter 999.
Press Esc to save your changes and return to the main menu screen.
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