Purchase Requisitioning
A requisition holds details of a number of items, which may require purchase from a supplier.
The buyer can either approve or deny a request. Items commonly reach the requisition as a
result of shortages noted at Sales Order Entry or Point of Sale. They may also be placed
on requisition as a result of purchasing activities (either Low/High or Sales Forecasting).
There are three types of requisition:
- Stock Order
- Emergency Branch Order
- Emergency Direct Delivery
The first of these is the most common, with the other two being found mainly where there
is a Workshop module in use.
A requisition may hold hundreds of items, but each item may only occur once.
However, these items may be purchased from many suppliers. When processed the requisition
can give rise to any number of purchase orders, which may be directly transmitted to suppliers.
