Reorder suggestions
Overview
A suggestion arises when the reorder point is breached. The list shows product, suggested quantity, status, preferred supplier and creation date.
Important for understanding: a suggestion is a suggestion, not an order. Nothing goes out before somebody converts it. That is deliberate — automatically triggered orders are the fastest way to fill a warehouse with goods nobody needs.
Core tasks
Review. Work through the suggestions and decide per line.
Convert into purchase orders. Create purchase orders turns the selected suggestions into draft orders — one per supplier. Then review and place them bindingly, see Purchase orders.
Dismiss. Dismiss removes a suggestion without ordering — the right route when the need is already covered another way.
Fields in detail
Suggestions are calculated, not entered. Your only input is the selection.
| Field | Values / format | What it does |
|---|---|---|
Selection ulids | several suggestions | Which suggestions are taken over. From the selection, items in a purchasing list or orders arise directly — bundled per supplier. |
What a suggestion is made of
| Figure | From | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Available | stock minus reservations | The starting point of the calculation. |
| Reorder level | article or warehouse data | From where to reorder. |
| Expected | open orders | What is already on its way. Without this figure you would order twice — the most common mistake in purchasing without a system. |
| Consumption | movements in the chosen period | How fast the article moves. |
| Replenishment time | the supplier's lead time | How long resupply takes. Consumption × lead time gives the demand during the wait. |
| Suggested quantity | the calculation from all of that, rounded to packaging units | What should be ordered. A suggestion, not an order — it can be changed before it is taken over. |
Settings & permissions
- Module
module.purchasing. - Permission
purchasing.suggestion.manage. - The reorder point lives on the item, see Stock. The comparison uses the
available stock — reserved goods already count as gone.
- The preferred supplier comes from supplier master data. If it is missing, the row reports *no
orderable supplier*.
FAQ & troubleshooting
No suggestions although goods are running low. Check the reorder point on the item — without it there is no threshold to breach.
A suggestion has no supplier. Then no orderable preferred supplier is set for the item. The row cannot be converted until that is resolved.
Nothing was created. No open suggestions were selected. The message says so.
We want to collect several runs before ordering. That is what the purchasing list is for — it collects across several runs.