Supplier Performance
On-time delivery %, incoming-inspection reject %, and price variance per vendor.
Requisitions, sourcing, purchase orders, receiving, three-way match and supplier performance, with approval where money is committed.
A requisition is a request to buy: item, quantity, need date, cost centre and reason. Planned purchase orders from MRP become requisitions on release. Expense purchases are keyed by hand. Requisitions above a threshold route to an approver before a buyer can act.
The assigned Approver reviews submitted requisitions and POs, records the decision in Approvals, and approves the purchase (Status: Submitted → Approved).
Approval waits for the approver.
The supplier record holds contacts, terms, currency, lead times, certificates and the approved-item list with agreed prices. Requests for quotation go to several suppliers and the comparison lands on one screen. Blanket orders fix price and terms for a period and let releases be called off against them.
Visible to: Buyer, Quality Inspector. Visibility does not establish approval authority.
Approval conditions.
Buyer converts requisitions into purchase orders, combining lines for the same supplier. A purchase order carries quantities, prices and required dates and moves through Draft → Submitted → Approved → PartiallyReceived → Received → Closed. The assigned Approver decides submitted purchases; additional approval thresholds are configured for the plant. Supplier dispatch and acknowledgement are integration events and must not bypass that decision.
| Purchase Order Number | Vendor | Order Date | Required Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PO-30529 | VND-130 | 11 Sep | 15 Sep | Draft |
| PO-72869 | VND-227 | 08 Sep | 16 Sep | Submitted |
| PO-91794 | VND-174 | 15 Sep | 23 Sep | Approved |
| PO-10329 | VND-104 | 08 Sep | 15 Sep | PartiallyReceived |
| PO-15539 | VND-191 | 13 Sep | 17 Sep | Received |
| PO-17063 | VND-065 | 13 Sep | 16 Sep | Cancelled |
Goods are received against an order line. Over-delivery tolerance, early-delivery tolerance and inspection requirement come from the item and supplier records. If inspection is required, the receipt goes to a quarantine location and a quality inspection is created; accepted quantity moves to stock, rejected quantity goes back or is scrapped.
The supplier invoice is matched to the purchase order and the goods receipt, line by line, within price and quantity tolerances. A match posts the payable; an exception goes to the buyer or accountant with the difference explained. Nothing is payable before it is received.
On-time delivery, quantity accuracy, incoming inspection reject rate and price variance are recorded per receipt and rolled up per supplier, so the sourcing decision next quarter is based on what happened, not on the last phone call.
Items, bills of material, routings and engineering change, with revision control on all of it.
Demand, master schedule, MRP and capacity: from what customers want to what the plant and suppliers must do, with every planned order traceable to its demand.
Work orders, dispatch, operations, labour, material issue, scrap and completion, recorded where the work happens.
Warehouses, locations, lots and serials, every stock movement, cycle counting and valuation that reconciles to the ledger.
Requisitions, sourcing, purchase orders, receiving, three-way match and supplier performance, with approval where money is committed.
Inspection plans, incoming and in-process inspection, non-conformance, corrective action, holds and certificates, tied to the exact lot or order.
Standard costs, cost rollups, work-in-progress, variances and the journal entries that make every movement a posting.
On-time delivery %, incoming-inspection reject %, and price variance per vendor.
Approval conditions.
Owns MRP, work-order release, scheduling, and BOM/Routing maintenance.
Manage Products, BillOfMaterials, BOMComponents, Routings, RoutingOperations, EngineeringChangeOrders, WorkCenters, Calendars, Shifts, Forecasts, MasterSchedule, PlannedOrders, MRPExceptions, WorkOrders, WorkOrderComponents, WorkOrderOperationsView Inventory, SalesOrders, SalesOrderLines, PurchaseOrdersCreate Requisitions for planned supplyRun MRPManages procurement of raw materials and components.
Manage Suppliers, SupplierItems, RequestsForQuotation, Requisitions, PurchaseOrders, PurchaseOrderLinesView Products, Inventory, Contacts (Vendor), GoodsReceipts, SupplierInvoices, MatchExceptions, ApprovalsSubmit requisitions and POs for approvalResolve assigned purchasing MatchExceptionsApproval conditions.
Performs inspections and dispositions non-conforming material.
Manage InspectionPlans, InspectionCharacteristics, QualityInspections, InspectionResults, NonConformanceReports, CorrectiveActions, QualityHolds, Certificates, InstrumentsUpdate GoodsReceipts.Status after incoming inspectionPlace WorkOrderOperations on holdApprove quality release and record QualityHolds.ReleasedBy and ReleasedDateApproval conditions.
Owns the general ledger, payables, and receivables for manufacturing transactions.
Manage JournalEntries, JournalEntryLines, ChartOfAccounts, AccountingPeriods, CostStandards, CostRollups, SupplierInvoices, MatchExceptions, CustomerInvoices, CashReceipts, PaymentRuns, PaymentsView all transaction tables and reportsPost period-close entries and lock AccountingPeriods after reviewMatch vendor billsApproval conditions.
Executes assigned production operations; separately assigned receiving and stock-handling permissions cover warehouse work.
View assigned WorkOrderOperationsPost ProductionLog entries for own operationsView own scheduleRecord scrap with reasonMakes assigned purchasing and control decisions independently of the person who requested or prepared them.
View assigned Requisitions, PurchaseOrders, PurchaseOrderLines, Approvals, CountLines, EngineeringChangeOrders, MasterSchedule, SupplierInvoices, CostStandards, CostRollups, PaymentRuns, PaymentsDecide assigned Approvals and record reason and decision dateApprove cost-standard activation after financial reviewAuthorise PaymentRuns only when neither preparer nor buyerApproval waits for the approver.
Requisition, approval, purchase order, receipt, inspection, three-way match and payment authorisation, with segregation of duties built in.
6 stages · 2 approvals
Changing an item, a bill or a routing without breaking the jobs already on the floor or the stock already on the shelf.
6 stages · 1 approval
Closing a manufacturing period: open labour, work orders, inventory reconciliation, accruals, variances and the lock.
6 stages · 2 approvals
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