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1. Replenishment settings are specified on a per-item basis.  The Item Card can be accessed from

    Departments à Warehouse à Planning & Execution à Items.  A  List of items that exist within Ceres will

    display.

2. Select the item you would like to update and then click Edit on the Home Tab of the Ribbon.

3. Go to the Replenishment FastTab on the Item Card.

4. In the Replenishment System field, select Purchase for Items that are replenished via purchase orders.

5. In the Vendor No. field, select a vendor.  This specifies the vendor that the item is commonly purchased

    from.  It is necessary to assign at least one vendor to each Item that will be used by the planning engine. 

6. The Vendor Item No. is an optional field.  If the vendor specified in the Vendor No. field uses a different item

    identifier for this item than you do, you can specify this identification here.  This number will show on

    printed reports.

7. In the Lead Time Calculation field, you can choose to enter a date formula.  This indicates the amount of

    time you expect will elapse between the point of Purchase Order entry up to the posting of the Receipt.  The

    example below shows that the item would arrive in 1 month and 2 days if we were to place an order today.

1. Planning engine settings are specified on a per-item basis.  The Item Card can be accessed from

    Departments à Warehouse à Planning & Execution à Items.  A List of items that exist within Ceres will

    display.

2. Select the item you would like to update and then click Edit on the Home Tab of the Ribbon.

3. Go to the Planning FastTab on the Item Card.

4. Click on the Reordering Policy field and make a selection.  The Reordering Policy offers the following choices:

    Blank, Fixed Order Quantity, and Maximum Qty are the only options that are supported in Ceres.   

5. If it is available, place a checkmark in the Include Inventory field if the planning engine should consider

    quantity on hand when performing supply calculations.

6. Reserve field should always be set to Never; as this field is not used in Ceres.

7. Select an option from the Order Tracking field to determine how Ceres should log tracking and action

    messages.

8. In the Reorder Cycle field, you can choose to enter a date formula, which adjusts the replenishment cycle to

    fall within a certain date calculation.  Requirements that are due within the reorder cycle are grouped

    together, and an order that is due within the reorder cycle may be rescheduled to fulfill a requirement.

9. In the Safety Lead Time field, you can choose to enter a date formula.  This serves as a buffer time, which

    can help plan against delays.

10. Enter a number in the Safety Stock Quantity field to indicate the quantity that should be on inventory to

    protect against demand fluctuations.  Safety stock follows a just in time philosophy, attempting to place the

    replenishment order as close to the demand date as possible.   Inventory and distribution demands are

    calculated as one source when possible.

11. Enter a number in the Reorder Point field to indicate the quantity that should be on inventory at all times.

    This field is similar to safety stock but will attempt to keep the warehouse full at all times. inventory and

    distribution demands are calculated separately.  For more help on choosing safety stock or reorder point,

    see the section titled Safety Stock vs Reorder Point.

12. Enter a number in the Reorder Quantity field to specify a standard lot size quantity to be used for all order

    proposals. Ceres will use this quantity at the minimum, although it may increase the final order quantity to

    meet additional requirements or the specified inventory level.

13. Enter a number in the Maximum Inventory field to indicate a maximum quantity to have on hand.  

    Depending on the current inventory at the time, this may result in order proposal quantities that cause the

    projected available balance to exceed the maximum inventory that you define.

14. Enter a number in the Minimum Order Quantity to indicate the minimum allowable quantity per order.  

    Once Ceres has detected the need for replenishment and adjusted the lot size to meet the specified

    reordering policy, it will increase the quantity, if necessary, to meet the minimum order quantity that you

    define for the item.  This field is intended to be used with a Make-to-Stock Manufacturing Policy.

15. Enter a number in the Maximum Order Quantity field to indicate the maximum allowable quantity per

    order.  This is similar to the Minimum Order Quantity, except it will attempt to decrease the amount per

    order and place remaining quantities on separate orders as needed.

16. Enter a number in the Order Multiple field.  When a replenishment order is created, the quantity will be

    multiplied by the Order Multiple.