Printing a Purchasing Forecast Report

Once you have entered all of the required information needed to generate a Purchasing Forecast Report, command options will appear allowing you to print or choose from a set of other print options.

The following information will display on the report:

• Item – The item ID code
• Item Name – The item name
• Unit Cost – The per unit cost of the item
• Current Inventory – The on-hand inventory of the item
• Open Orders – The ordered quantity of the item on open and priced sales orders
• Shipment Shorted - The short shipped quantity for all sales orders for the weeks selected. a negative quantity indicates the quantity short shipped, a positive quantity indicates the quantity over shipped for the period.
• Open PO – The ordered quantity of the item on open purchase orders
• Current & Future Inventory – The total of current inventory minus open orders plus open purchases plus or minus the short shipped quantity.
• XX Days Sales Hx – The amount of the item sold during the weeks specified
• Recommended Purchase and Push – The quantity that needs to be purchased to meet the demand on the item based on the current and future inventory less the sales history. A "Y" (Y=yes) will be placed in the Push column if the inventory is older than the push days specified
• * means lots on hold have been found.

For more information on the Purchasing Forecast Report see Purchasing Forecast Report.

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