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purchasing:ordering_from_suppliers [2023/05/11 12:04] – [Split] Gary Willetts | purchasing:ordering_from_suppliers [2024/02/16 08:23] – [Order for some items only] Ujwal Khatry | ||
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- | mSupply does not use set "minimum" | + | mSupply does not use set 'minimum' |
* The parameters will keep on changing, | * The parameters will keep on changing, | ||
* It takes a lot of manual work to calculate, | * It takes a lot of manual work to calculate, | ||
* The assumptions made in calculating them are often lost. | * The assumptions made in calculating them are often lost. | ||
- | Be assured that the system that mSupply uses will give you much better inventory control! | + | The ‘good’ reason to use ‘minimum’ & ‘maximum’ stock levels is if you don’t have a calculator like mSupply that can quickly and easily calculate the right amount of stock to order. |
Having said that, mSupply does allow for minimum stock levels so as to allow you to ensure a minimum quantity of rarely used items. e.g. essential emergency supplies - refer [[items: | Having said that, mSupply does allow for minimum stock levels so as to allow you to ensure a minimum quantity of rarely used items. e.g. essential emergency supplies - refer [[items: | ||
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Choose **Supplier > New Purchase Order** from the menus. The following window will be displayed: | Choose **Supplier > New Purchase Order** from the menus. The following window will be displayed: | ||
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This window allows for a number of factors to be entered. | This window allows for a number of factors to be entered. | ||
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* Either click on the //Query items// box, to bring up the //Query Editor// window, and enter the required parameters, or select one or more criteria by placing check marks as appropriate in the three boxes; use of the //Query Editor// is described in detail in the Reports chapter. See [[reports: | * Either click on the //Query items// box, to bring up the //Query Editor// window, and enter the required parameters, or select one or more criteria by placing check marks as appropriate in the three boxes; use of the //Query Editor// is described in detail in the Reports chapter. See [[reports: |