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:
- Being able to compare the responses of the various suppliers
- Using these responses to automatically create price lists
- Using these responses when entering an order
Prerequisites
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).
RFQ site (field PQHFCY) |
Code of the site issuing the order (request for quote, purchase request, order, subcontract order etc.). |
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:
- the first part displays the information on the request made for this product. This is only displayed information.
- the second part makes it possible to enter the supplier's response date as well as general information on the product.
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
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).
Grid
No. (field NUMLIG) |
Reason (field PRIREN) |
Reason associated with the price list rule.
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 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.
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Minimum qty. (field MINQTY) |
Minimum quantity for the assignment of this price list line. 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. |
Maximum qty. (field MAXQTY) |
Maximum quantity for the assignment of this price list line. 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. |
Lead time (d) (field LTI) |
Supplier lead-time for the product delivery, expressed in number of days. |
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. |
Validity end date (field PLIENDDAT) |
Validity end date. |
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. 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:
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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 :
PRTSCR : Screen print
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.