The Review form shows the weekly planned stock for each part, itemized by reservations and planned receipts. The Purchase requirement row shows the total of the purchase requirements for the part.
Tip: You can open the Review form and the Purchase requirement for parts form simultaneously, to allow you to compare the data. The changes you apply on the Purchase requirement for parts form are immediately visible on the Review form you have open. Review the purchase requirements based on the data on both forms, and then authorize them on the Purchase requirement for parts form.
This is the minimum stock you want to carry for this part. As soon as the current stock falls below this minimum stock level, the part will appear on the purchase requirement.
This field shows the order level. This value is calculated automatically based on the expected usage in the period between two deliveries and the minimum stock.
This field shows the quantity the part is usually ordered in. Whenever the part is required, the quantity shown in this field will be used as the order quantity. If the requirement for the part is greater than one order quantity, the quantity will be increased by the quantity in the Increment by field. The quantity will be increased as often as is necessary to meet the requirement.
This field indicates which order quantity is preferred, for instance because of a price advantage. This is an informational field. If the part is required, the quantity entered in the Order quantity field will be used.
The Batch size field is relevant to parts that your company produces (production parts). This field contains the default quantity for new production orders, i.e. the number of parts you usually produce at the time the part is required.If the batch size does not meet the requirement, the order quantity will be increased by the value specified in the Increment by field until the order quantity is sufficient to meet the requirement.
The Maximum delivery time could show the delivery time you should allow for if you source the part from a different supplier. This field is informational and is not included in the calculation of the purchase requirement.
This field shows the free stock of the part. The free stock is comprised of the available stock minus the requirements (sales forecasts, sales deliveries, and production usage).
The review form contains two Purchase requirement rows. If, and if so how, these rows are filled depends on a purchase setting in the Include purchase requirements in expected stock field in the General Settings module:
If this field is set to 'All purchase requirements', all purchase requirements will be shown in the top-most Purchase requirement row. Both authorized and non-authorized purchase requirements will be used to calculate the 'Expected stock'.
If this field is set to 'Authorized purchase requirements', only authorized purchase requirements will be shown in the top-most Purchase requirement row. The second Purchase requirement row will contain the non-authorized purchase requirements that, along with the non-authorized MRP requirements, are used to calculate the 'Planned stock'.
If this field is set to 'Never', all purchase requirements will be shown in the bottom-most Purchase requirement row. Both authorized and non-authorized purchase requirements will be used to calculate the 'Planned stock'.
This field shows the available stock minus requirements (shipments, production usage, forecast), plus receipts (purchases, production), but excluding purchase requirements.
This will be the stock if no new receipts are scheduled.
This field shows the available stock minus requirements (shipments, production usage, forecast), plus receipts (purchase, production), plus purchase requirements.
This is the stock that will be created when the proposed purchase requirements are converted to new orders (new receipts).
Nettable stock