Overriding the Plenty Date for Buy Lines

Use the Buy Line Additional Data screen to override the plenty date at the buy line level. For example, you have a buy line that does not have a vendor target. Regardless of how much you purchase, your vendor for this buy line offers no discount. However, this is a buy line with products that you purchase on a weekly basis and every week the buy line displays on the Suggested P/O Queue. Based on normal calculations, the system projects the plenty date for 21 days based on a 7 day lead time and a 14 day supply. However, you know that you order weekly and therefore the 21 days is not accurate if a customer orders the one item that is below order point, and you know you will get an order filled within 7 days. You can override the plenty date at the buy line level to give your customers a more accurate time frame when products will be available.

When there is an override entered on the plenty date and that date has not expired then the system uses the following calculation:

Plenty Date = Today + (Override Plenty Days - Days Since Last Line Buy).

Note: If there is no expire date set, but there are override plenty days, the system always uses the override.

To override the plenty date for a buy line:

From the Purch > Maintenance menu, select Buy Line Maintenance to display the Buy Line Maintenance screen.
In the Buy Line ID field, enter the ID for the buy line for which you want to override the plenty date and press Enter.
Use the Addl hot key to display the Additional Buy Line Data screen.
In the Override Plenty Dys field, enter the number of days by which you want to override the current plenty days calculation.
In the Expire Date field, enter the date on which you want the override to expire.
Press Esc to save your changes and return to the Buy Line Maintenance screen.
Press Esc to return to the main menu.