What is Supplier Calendar/Re-order Days?

Supplier Calendar & Re-order Days simply refer to the schedule of the supplier on which they accept the placements of re-order & when they can deliver the ordered goods.

What are the Benefits of defining the Re-order Days/Supplier Calendar in RetailEasy?

The supplier calendar & Re-order days can provide you with the following benefits:

1. Supplier Calendar can make your whole re-order process easy as the pre-defined days of availability of supplier can be directly considered at the time of generating the re-orders thus the re-orders can be generated only with the available supplier on the particular day.

2. You can save valuable time by eliminating the unnecessary follow-ups with the supplier at the time of generating the re-order itself thus resultant you can invest this time into other profitable activities.

Business Scenario: In a real life scenario, sales person of a distributor or the distributor himself comes to the store to take purchase orders either on specific days like Monday, Wednesday or Fridays or all the days. So in order to set these days easy, we do have an option.

Step 1: Go to Purchase > Masters > Supplier Master.

Step 2: Press 'CTRL+F4' Manage Tab to open the 'Manage' tabs window.

Step 3: Click on Order Days & place a check mark beside it.

Step4: Now select enable all the days by placing a check mark on them by using 'Space Bar' key.

Step5: Click on 'Apply'.

Step6: Click on 'Yes' to confirm the saving process.

Step 7: Click on 'F4' Change button to define the re-order days for selected supplier.

Step 8: Select the Vendor name from the 'Supplier Master' list LOV.

Step 9: Go to the 'Order Days' tab.

Step10: Now select your scheduled Day as per the requirement. For example Sunday. Set the option as 'YES'. 

Step 11 : Click on 'F6' Save to save the settings. 

In this way, you can set order days for the particular suppliers.

  

How to setup supplier calendar/Reorder days for a Multiple suppliers in RetailEasy?

 

Step 1: Go to Purchase > Masters > Supplier Master.

Step 2: Press 'Ctrl + F3' Bulk Update .

 

Note: The Key 'Ctrl+F3' is from the default settings of the software, if you want to change it as per your convenience then it can be done. Follow this link to get more info:

Step 3: Locate the desired day for one of the supplier and update the option 'Yes' from the drop down.

Step4: Press 'Ctrl+C' key to copy the changes

Step5: Then select the rest of the suppliers by using 'Shift+Down Arrow Key' for which you need to set the order days.

Step6: Press 'Ctrl+V' to paste the copied changes.