Maintaining Buy Lines

Buy lines group together those products that meet a vendor target and qualify the purchasing branch for a line buy. Use the Buy Line Maintenance screen and hot keys to configure buy lines. By default, the system lists the specific branch and territory settings that have been entered for that buy line. For example, you may only have settings added for branches 1 and 3, but nothing non-standard for branch 2, so branch 2 does not display.

Use the Hierarchy hot key to display branches in the hierarchy list. The system prompts you to enter the branch for which you want to view the hierarchy. The Control line at the bottom of the Br/Terr column indicates the default values that each branch or territory inherits and uses unless otherwise specified. If the system does not have specific settings in the territories for this buy line containing the branch for a given parameter, the system uses the values listed in the Control settings.

To display a buy line on the Buy Line Maintenance screen:

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 name and press Enter.

The buy line information displays.

Press Esc to clear the Buy Line Maintenance screen and enter new parameters to display another buy line.
To view a hierarchy, use the Hierarchy hot key and select the branch for which you want to view the hierarchy.

Press Esc to return to the main menu.

Entering and Viewing Buy Line Information

The Buy Line Maintenance screen contains fields for entering data used for reports and calculations and for displaying system-calculated data. If no value is specified for a field, some of the fields on the screen use system-defined defaults provided in parentheses.

If you make changes at the branch level, you should reflect these changes in File Definition Maintenance through the Branch Specific hot key.

To apply limitations to view and edit the Buy Line Maintenance information, see Limiting Access to Buy Line Maintenance.

The following topics are related to using the fields on the screen:

Related Fields	Topics
Buy Line ID	Creating Buy Lines Deleting Buy Lines
Description	Creating Buy Lines Deleting Buy Lines
Procure Group	Creating and Deleting Procurement Groups Assigning Buy Lines to Procurement Groups
Br/Terr	Displays available branches and territories for the displayed information.
Buyer	Assigning Buyers to Buy Lines
Target	Specifying the Vendor Target for Buy Lines
LnBuy Cycle	Calculated Buy Line Values
Dflt LdTm	Entering Lead Time Information for Buy Lines
Ovrd LdTm	Entering Lead Time Information for Buy Lines
Xfer Grace	How Transfer Excess Grace Days Work
Min Cycle	How the Minimum Order Cycle Works
Dflt LFctr	Entering Lead Time Information for Buy Lines
Min Sample	Entering Lead Time Information for Buy Lines
Suggest on All	Suggested Purchase Order Queue Principles and Guidelines
All fields	Calculated Buy Line Values

Using the Hot Keys

Use the hot keys as necessary to enter additional buy line information. The following topics are related to using the hot keys on the Buy Line Maintenance screen:

Related Hot Keys	Topics
Hierarchy	Use this hot key to change the hierarchy for the branches listed. Note: The Control line at the bottom of the Br/Terr column indicates the default values that each branch or territory inherits and uses unless otherwise specified.
Targets	Specifying the Vendor Target for Buy Lines
Vendors	Identifying Vendors for Resupplying Buy Lines
Frt Factor	Defining Freight Factor Defaults for Products in Buy Lines
Addl	Use the following fields to set appropriate parameters: Combine on Central P/O field – Combining Items on Purchase Orders Default Non-Stock Template field – Setting the Non-Stock Product Default for Buy Lines Warranty field – Identifying Warranty Information for a Buy Lines Procurement Buyer field – Identifying Procurement Buyers for Buy Lines Override Plenty fields – Overriding the Plenty Date for Buy Lines % OP field – Changing the percentage of the order point that is protected at the parent branch. See Running the Suggested Auto Transfer Program.
UET Params	Entering UET Parameters for Buy Lines
Calculated	Calculated Buy Line Values
Forecast	Setting Forecast Parameters for Buy Lines
Hits/Max Days	Defining Hits Parameters for Buy Lines Defining the Max Days Supply for Buy Lines
Return Policy	Entering Return Policies for Buy Lines
Delete	Deleting Buy Lines
Find	Searching Buy Lines
Super Buy Line	Creating Super Buy Lines
Log	Displaying the Buy Line Maintenance Change Log
Lead Time	Overriding Buy Line Lead Times Entering Lead Time Parameters Lead Time Overview
Chg View	Use to change the view the Normal Cycle Days column. The system inserts this column after the Target column and before the Line Buy Cycle column. The Normal Cycle Days indicate the average time it usually takes before replenishment of the buy line is required.