Purchasing Software

Gain a detailed analysis of purchasing activities and processes

This robust purchasing software can integrate into your VAI ERP system and its MRP module to help streamline and maximize the efficiency of your procurement activities. Automate demand planning, purchasing and ordering processes, and optimize buying power by centralizing it across multiple product lines and warehouses.

By streamlining your buying processes, you can maximize the profitability of your buyers by directing them toward profit-oriented tasks like increasing customer fill rates, reducing dead stock inventory, negotiating better pricing with suppliers, and reviewing product mix.

Your purchasing department will benefit from features and functionality that:

• suggests purchase orders by analyzing historical and forecasted usage for each item, factoring in market demand, seasonal trends, and vendor lead times
• provides full support foreign currency
• flags erratic demand for review, and smooth it into demand formulas
• groups item into buy-lines for purchasing analysis, to take advantage of special pricing and discounts
• inquires into buy-lines and allow users to compare purchasing requirement with vendor targets
• shows carrying costs for items necessary to meet vendor targets
• combines freight, duty and other landed cost charges for users to view total landed charges by item weight, cost, cubic measure, or quantity
• allows users to track on-the water by boat to receive and track product shipments
• automatically verifies purchase order and landed cost price by matching invoices to receipts and landed cost charges
• lets you set automatic tolerance levels that flags buyers with automatic emails as needed

Other features include:

• Drop-Ship Orders
• Inventory Integration
• Customer Order / Purchase Order Link
• Multiple Warehouse
• Automatic Invoice Posting
• Automatic Invoice Verification
• Partial Receipts Processing
• Vendor Additions
• Vendor Search
• Boat Book Processing
• Non-Stock Items
• Detail Purchase Order History
• General Ledger Posting
• Purchase Order Inquiry
• Suggested Purchase Orders
• Gordon Graham Calculations
• Unusual Usage / Lead Time Flag
• Line Points
• Comments
• Unit of Measure Conversion
• Blanket Orders
• Serial Number Processing
• Vendor Performance Statistics
• Purchase Order Returns
• Print / Fax / E-mail
• Adjust Purchase Order Receipts
• Buyer Invoice Discrepancy
• Landed Cost

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