What is Suggested Ordering?

Suggested ordering is a CLEARVIEW purchase order feature that recommends build-to values to prevent over stocking and product spoilage. With the aim of lowering food cost and increasing productivity at your store, suggested ordering takes into consideration the expected consumption of your inventory until the next delivery date, and your present inventory levels.

Benefits of Suggested Ordering

Requirements:

Before you start using suggested ordering, there are a few things that need to be available and accurate in CLEARVIEW to ensure that this feature generates accurate figures:

Suggested ordering comprises of two main aspects

  1. Required inventory levels (Build to's): You can choose between using Forecasted Case Yield for all your supplier product build to's or revert to the default Forecasted Case Yield or Forecasted Product Mix set for each inventory item (click here to learn more).

  2. Present stock levels (On hand): You can choose between theoretical on hand and actual on hand as the present stock levels used for the calculations.

    • Actual On Hand: This method allows you to enter the present physical count, when creating the PO, for an accurate estimate of your inventory levels.

    • Theoretical On Hand: This method calculates the inventory on hand by starting with your last physical count and adjusting for sales (and sales assumptions), purchases, waste and transfers made since.

      The theoretical on hand is an advanced ordering option as it is only as accurate as the data entered into CLEARVIEW for your store.

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