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Purchase Order Generator

Adapted from the Pulse Dashboard fact sheet "Purchase Order Generator", August 2023.

Keying purchase orders is the most tedious, labor-intensive and error-prone part of Macola®. The Purchase Order Generator works out what needs ordering and creates the Macola® purchase order for you.

It places orders from three sources:

  • reorder levels
  • MRP computer-planned orders (CP orders)
  • Shop Floor outside operations, such as heat treating

Three steps

  1. Select the buyer/planner code and location. Items to be purchased are grouped by vendor on screen.
  2. Review what it suggests. Items appear according to your selection rules. Tick the box next to each item to order, and override the recommended order quantity where you need to.
  3. Click Create PO. The draft purchase order appears; change anything that needs changing — the vendor number included — then click SAVE to create the released or unreleased Macola® purchase order.

From there, print and mail the order, transmit it through the Pulse Sales Order Web Portal's vendor counterpart, or email or fax it with Event Manager.

The rules we tailor for you

The set-up options exist because no two companies buy the same way. The questions we work through with you:

  • When is an item selected for reorder — the reorder level, or some other formula?
  • Which locations are included, and which excluded?
  • How do you avoid ordering something you have in excess at another location?
  • What is your company's definition of "recommended order quantity"?
  • Do you want to incorporate order-up-to levels and order multiples?

Included in the Inventory Optimization module, and covered from the buyer's side on Purchasing.

Support & contact

Our team is glad to help with anything from a quick question to a full implementation.