Internal Stock Movements

10 | Requisitions

This article covers how to set up, create and process Requisitions in BackOffice. Requisitions offer the capability of creating a Purchase Order for a Store and also the ability to auto-send Purchase Orders. Requisitions are used for re-ordering ingredients for Manufactured Products. Requisitions will always use the Preferred Supplier, although if the Preferred Supplier is not selected the first Supplier will be used.

This article covers how to set up, create and process Requisitions in BackOffice.

Requisitions offer the capability of creating a Purchase Order for a Store and also the ability to auto-send Purchase Orders.

Requisitions are used for re-ordering ingredients for Manufactured Products.

Requisitions will always use the Preferred Supplier, although if the Preferred Supplier is not selected the first Supplier will be used.

Prerequisites 
  • To access Requisitions Settings, the applicable Operator Privileges will need to be enabled:
    • Operator Maintenance 'Stock Control' Tab
      • All "Requisitions" Flags 

Setting up Requisitions
  • Bepoz can only be set up to use either the Requisitions or Replenish Stores Feature 
  • To access Requisition features, the "Use Requisitions" flag will need to be enabled within the  Global Settings "Flags" Tab   

  • In addition, there are a number of flags that relate to Requisitions which are detailed in the table below: 
 

Flag 

Description/Functionality 

      Use Requisitions      
  • Enabled: requisitions will be turned on and Replenish Stores Feature cannot be accessed
  • Disabled: requisitions will be turned off and Replenish Stores Feature can be accessed
   Auto send Generated PO's   
  • Enabled: System will automatically send and Generate Purchase Orders 
  • Disabled: Auto send will be turned off 
   Auto Accept Generated Requisitions   
  • Required for Manufactured Products
  • Enabled: Auto Accept Generated Requisitions
  • Disabled: Auto Accept Generated Requisitions will be turn off
   Transfer Losses in Send Store    
  • By default, when a Transfer has a Loss Item (Sent but Not Received), the full Quantity is Transferred and will create a Stock Loss at the Receiving Store
  • Set this flag to only Transfer the Received Qty and do a Stock Loss in the Sending Store
   Auto Requisitions from Transfers   
  • Overrides the default mechanism for handling Requisition Manufactured items
    • The default behaviour will auto-generate Ingredient Requisitions
  • With this flag checked - Requisitions will be created by selecting Pending Transfer

 

 

 
  • Remember, after setting these flags, the Bepoz System will need to be restarted for them to take effect

     

Assigning Requisition Store Types
  • When Requisitioning Stock from Multiple Stocking locations, individual Products can be set to be sourced from different locations
  • These source locations can be set within  Global Settings "Other Names" Tab
  • Up to 8 Requisition Store Types can be setup
  • If using Manufactured Products then assign two (2) names to the Requisition Store Types
  • If only using normal Stocked Products then only one (1) Requisition Store Type is required

 


Allocating Store Types: Store Maintenance 
  • To assign the Requisition Store Types, follow the steps below after logging in to BackOffice: 
    1. From the System Setup menu, select Venue, Stores & Tills 
    2. Double-click the desired Store where Products will be restocked from 
    3. In the Store Maintenance window, select the Store Types Tab 
    4. Assign the Store/s that are required for the Requisition Store Types
    5. Select OK once completed 
  • Steps 2-5 will need to be repeated for the Manufacturing Store and the Selling Store 
    • The Manufacturing Store is where the Manufactured Products are made and will need to be Transferred out from
    • If the Venue does not have Manufactured Products – the Manufacturing Store does not need to be setup


Allocating Store Types: Product Maintenance
  • To assign the Requisition Store Types to Products, follow the steps below after logging in to BackOffice: 
    1. From the Maintenance menu, select Product 
    2. Double-click (or use the Edit Product Function) the desired Product will be allocated with a Store Type 
      • Both Manufactured and Non-Manufactured Products can be selected 
    3. In the Edit Product window, select the Product Settings Tab
    4. Using the Req Store Type drop-menu to select the desired Store Type  
    5. Select OK once completed

 


Creating a Requisition
  • To begin a new Requisition, first select the Stock Control menu in BackOffice and then Requisitions which will open a new window

 

  • To add a requisition, select the New Requisition button
  • A prompt window will appear

  • Blank Requisition
    • Will create a blank Requisition where Products will need to be manually added
  • Use Min/Max
    • Will create a Requisition on the Min/Max setting on the Products that have Min/Max assigned
  • From Sales
    • Will create a Requisition from Sales data
Creating a Blank Requisition
  • To create a blank Requisition, select the Blank Requisition button
  • This will open up a New Requisition Tab 

  • Select the Add Item button
  • A window prompt will appear with the Product List displaying
    • Select a Product that has already been setup for Requisition use

  • Another window will prompt to enter the Required order amount
    • Enter the Quantity Required

  • Follow the previous steps to enter additional Products
  • Select the Post Requisition button to finalise
  • The Requisition will now be in a Posted status
  • Do not Post a Requisition unless certain that the Requisition is completed as once posted the Requisition cannot be amended
Processing a Requisition

 

  • When a Requisition is in a Posted status, the line item for the Requisition will be displayed in a magenta colour
  • Select the Posted Requisition
  • Select the Edit/Accept button which will open a new Edit/Accept Requisition Tab

  • View the details for each Product by double-clicking on the desired line item
  • To process the Requisition select the Accept button

  • Select Yes to continue
  • The Requisition List screen will now display the Accepted Requisition in green

 

  • Select the Process All button to Process the Requisition/s
  • Select OK to proceed with Processing the Requisition which will now be successfully Posted

Stock transfer
  • Once Processed, the Requisition has now turned into a Transfer
  • Select Stock Transfer to view the Requisition Transfer

  • Double-click an item from the list which will open a new window
  • Post the Transfers by clicking on the Post Transfer button