Handling Perishables Using Collective Purchase Orders 

Purpose

You must have generated a perishables planning list as described in The Perishables Planning Process and defined Collective purchase order as the processing method.

The required settings must exist in Customizing for collective purchase orders. (See Merchandise Distribution: Customizing Settings)

1. Using the information displayed in the perishables planning list, you obtain a snapshot of the current stock situation, the produce required and that on offer on the market.

For further information, see Determining Requirements for Perishables.

2. If there are any articles for which you want to order different quantities than those already requested by the recipients, you enter the quantities concerned.

If you need to negotiate with the vendors on the phone, you can have the system call the number directly. For further information, see Buying Perishable Produce Over the Phone.



For further processing, the system does not take the purchase prices from the perishables planning list but determines them during the collective purchase order process.

3. If you want to order any articles for which there was recipient order, you enter the quantities and delivery dates for the individual recipients.

For further information, see Issue List.

4. You save the perishables planning list.
5. The system generates a purchase order for every vendor and places them with the distribution center on behalf of the stores. It then calls up the Collective Purchase Order function. This function generates vendor purchase orders from the orders created, taking open purchase orders into account.

Collective Purchase Order