Responses

This function is used to record the responses of suppliers to a request for quote. There are several goals to the recording of responses:

Prerequisites

See also Refer to documentation Implementation

Screen management

Header

This screen is used to enter the general information on the request for quote for which the user wishes to record the responses.

Among the information to be entered in this screen, let us mention the code of the site concerned and the code of the supplier who provided the response. This supplier can also be selected from the list of suppliers to whom a request for quote has been sent.

The user must then enter a request for quote number along with a line number. This information can be chosen in a list submitting all the request for quote lines without responses for the supplier concerned.

The modification and deletion of a response or a response line are prohibited if the latter has been turned into an order (or taken into account in an order).

Field descriptions
RFQ site (field PQHFCY)

Code of the site issuing the order (request for quote, purchase request, order, subcontract order etc.).
This field is mandatory. It is initialized by default by the purchase site associated with your function profile.
You can modify this code by selecting a code from the list of authorized sites.

Supplier (field BPSNUM)

Code identifying the supplier, which can be either entered directly or selected from the list of suppliers to which a Request for Quote was sent

field BPSNAM
RFQ no. (field PQHNUM)

This is the number of the RFQ line for which the response is entered. It can be directly entered or chosen in the list of the RFQs presented to the supplier.

Line (field PQDLIN)

This is the number of the RFQ line for which the response is entered. It can be directly entered or chosen in the list of the RFQ lines.

Tab Product

This tab is split into two sections:

Field descriptions

Block number 1

Internal reference (field PQHREF)
RFQ date (field PQHDAT)
Due date (field RSPDEA)
Requester (field REQUSR)
Product (field ITMREF)
field ITMDES
Project (field PQDPJT)
PUR (field PUU)
PUR qty. (field QTYPUU)
Lead time (field LTI)
Date (field RCPDAT)

Supplier response

Reference of the product at the supplier's.

Response date (field RSPDAT)

Supplier response date, which is initialized by default to the current date.

Supplier product (field ITMREFBPS)
field ITMDESBPS

The description of product this supplier uses for this product.

Supplier UPC (field EANCODBPS)

Use this field to define the universal product code, or barcode this supplier uses for this product.

Tab Unit Price

This tab is used to record the prices and the various sales conditions of the supplier.

The entry of the various elements of the response (price, quantity, deadline, discount, etc.) is carried out in a grid whose display can vary from one supplier to another: the fields that can be entered are dependent on the price list structure code associated with the supplier in the supplier record or on the default price list structure code (refer to documentation Price list structure).

Field descriptions

Grid

Product receipt date, proposed in entry mode only when no deadline has been specified.
In the case of a request sor quote, it is the date required for the receipt of the product.
In the case of an answer to a request for quote, it is the supplier's delivery date.

No. (field NUMLIG)
Reason (field PRIREN)

Reason associated with the price list rule.
During the price list search, this reason is assigned to each value of the document line (quote, order, DN, invoice etc.) using this price list.
This is used both for:

  • identifying the origin of a sales condition,
  • conducting additional checks (for instance, prohibit in some cases the modification of the said reason and/or the modification of prices and discounts).

A dedicated setup makes it possible to define a default value for the reasons when the price is modified manually.

PUR (field PUU)

This is the purchase unit defined for the product-supplier combination, or for products that do not exist in the product-supplier record.
This product has two purchase units:

  • Purchase unit defined on the product record.
  • Purchase unit linked to the supplier.

This purchase unit cannot be modified. It is used as the default value when entering an order, subcontract order or receipt. The supplier purchase unit is suggested by default when the product-supplier record exists.

The purchase units are accessible depending on the type of category assigned.

 

Minimum qty. (field MINQTY)

Minimum quantity for the assignment of this price list line.
This field can be specified only if the price list code has been set up to limit the application of the price lists according to a minimum quantity of purchase units (depends on the setup of the price list code - if in the Price tab, the "Price/Qty" field is set to "Yes" or "Qty sections").

When the line of the quote, the order, the delivery or the invoice is expressed in a different unit, this line is only used if this price list accepts the conversion of units.
For a grouped price list, the minimum quantity is compared with the quantity total of the lines meeting the criteria and displaying the same unit as the price list (or accepting the conversion of units).

 

Maximum qty. (field MAXQTY)

Maximum quantity for the assignment of this price list line.
This field can be specified only if the price list code has been set up to limit the application of the price lists according to a maximum quantity of purchase units (depends on the setup of the price list code - if in the Price tab, the "Price/Qty" field is set to "Yes" or "Qty sections").

When the line of the quote, the order, the delivery or the invoice is expressed in a different unit, this line is only used if this price list accepts the conversion of units.
For a grouped price list, the maximum quantity is compared with the quantity total of the lines meeting the criteria and displaying the same unit as the price list (or accepting the conversion of units).


Lead time (d) (field LTI)

Supplier lead-time for the product delivery, expressed in number of days.
If no value is entered in this field, it is suggested to enter a date.

Receipt date (field RCPDAT)
Curr. (field CUR)

Currency used in the supplier's answer for the prices, which is initialized by default by the supplier currency

Price fact (field PRIDIV)

Price divider used to define whether the price is expressed for a dozen products or a hundred etc.

Price (field PRI)

Price given by the supplier in their answer.

Validity start date (field PLISTRDAT)

Validity start date.
The right click (F4) is used to save the value entered in the field and to use it as initialization value for the following records.

Validity end date (field PLIENDDAT)

Validity end date.
The right click (F4) is used to save the value entered in the field and to use it as initialization value for the following records

field DISCRGVAL1

Help common to the Sales and Purchase modules.

The displayed discount and cost columns are linked to the setup of the price lists structure code associated with the supplier in said supplier's record.
These columns can be initialized by means of the price lists (see the Sales pricing setup and Price list entry documentations).

Access to these columns can depend on the setup of the reasons associated with the price lists as well as the value of the reason given to the

These discounts or costs are defined in amount or in percentage and they are applied with a totaling or cascading method to the gross price to determine the net price of the document line.

From the Actions icon, you can:

  • View the reasons associated with the price as well as the different discounts and costs fields
  • Modify, if necessary, the reasons allocated to each column.
field DISCRGVAL2
field DISCRGVAL3
field DISCRGVAL4
field DISCRGVAL5
field DISCRGVAL6
field DISCRGVAL7
field DISCRGVAL8
field DISCRGVAL9
Generated price (field PRIFLG)

Reports

By default, the following reports are associated with this function :

Bullet point  PRTSCR : Screen print

Bullet point  PRESP : RFQ reply listing

This can be changed using a different setup.

Error messages

In addition to the generic error messages, the following messages can appear during the entry :

"Response turned into an order – Modification / Deletion impossible"

This message appears when deleting/modifying a response line if the latter has already been turned into an order. This message also appears when fully deleting a response if at least one line has been turned into an order.

"No line entered update impossible"

This message is displayed when trying to create, modify or duplicate a response while there is no line.

Tables used

See also Refer to documentation Implementation