Suggested Purchase Order

What is the true optimal order from your vendors? You’ll know with Suggested Purchase Order from Direct Tech.

Suggested Purchase Order provides you with a unique, by-vendor view of your future purchase requirements. Suggested Purchase Order allows you to plan and manage ordering, shipping and inventory carrying costs, as well as any special pricing and discounts. It then calculates the optimal purchase amounts and purchase dates for all items from each vendor to minimize the overall cost of inventory ownership.

Benefits

With Suggested Purchase Order, you’re able to combat rising costs and shrinking margins by balancing order costs, product costs, and carrying costs with vendor discounts and future pricing. So you’re able to:

Minimize the total cost of inventory ownership
Maximize discounts and short-order or extra shipping costs
Leverage vendor volume pricing, additional discounts, and future pricing opportunities
Time purchases when they’re most advantageous to you
Accelerate the purchasing process

Features

Built with proprietary algorithms from recognized experts, Suggested Purchase Order allows you to:

Manage ordering, receiving, storage, insurance, space, and capital costs
Identify orders that minimize costs and maximize fulfillment goals
Select the fixed and variable costs to include in the calculations
Use vendor optimization to apply discounts and special pricing according to specific vendor agreements
Manage vendor purchase information by style and/or SKU
Select which vendors and products to include and exclude in the suggested purchase order process
Modify suggested purchase orders or complete orders as suggested

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