The PO Recommendations report is used to create Requisitions for stock replenishment. The report uses the current quantity and re-order information that is maintained for each inventory item to determine the quantity of the item that is needed to meet current demand, and it automatically creates PO requisitions based on the recommended quantity calculated by the report.
The Buyer logic used by the PO Recommendations report when creating PO Requisitions is slightly different than the logic that is used by the system when creating requisitions for special order or vendor shipment sales order lines. The primary difference is that the PO requisitions created by the report are not tied to specific sales orders or customers. For this reason, the report does not pay attention to the buyer that can be specified in each customer record.
As each requisition line is being created, the PO Recommendations report uses the following logic to determine the buyer to be used for the requisition.
• The report checks for a buyer in the Inventory Master record for the item. If the buyer is loaded in the Inventory Master record, this buyer is used for the requisition line.
• If the buyer field in the requisition is still blank (due to no buyer in the inventory record), the system checks for a buyer in the Product Line record for the product line that the inventory item is assigned to. If the buyer is loaded in the Product Line record, the Product Line buyer is used for the requisition line.
• If the buyer field in the requisition is still blank (due to no buyer in the product line record), the system checks for a buyer in the Manufacturer record for the manufacturer assigned as the default manufacturer for the inventory item. If the buyer is loaded in the Manufacturer record, the Manufacturer buyer is used for the requisition line.
• If the buyer field in the requisition is still blank (due to no buyer in the Manufacturer record), the system checks for a buyer in the Vendor record for the vendor assigned as the default vendor for the inventory item. If the buyer is loaded in the Vendor record, the Vendor buyer is used for the requisition line.