OPTION (9) Modifications to Baseline - Sizeable                                GRAPHIC EXAMPLE

(MPO-Z1-00) PARTS APPROVAL TO SKIP QC INCLUDES VENDOR DISCOUNT PROGRAM ENTRY/TRACKING

PARTS APPROVAL allows Quality Control to denote a Part Number as Approved for Receipt, directly to the Primary Stocking Location (PARTS 36), bypassing Receiving Inspection. Individual Part Numbers may be approved for one or more suppliers. Start and end-approval dates, per supplier, are provided. Provision is made to denote parts which are restocked by suppliers on a replenishment basis, or which are shipped in by pallet via a KANBAN-type request.

Additionally, a new file is provided for denoting Vendor Discount Programs, with Discount Price for included Parts. A message will display during P.O. Entry, and a validation will take place if the part is on Volume Discount with a different Vendor, and the Vendor on the P.O. entered does not offer a Discount.

A part is checked as to whether QC is required, which is not needed for parts on an "approved" basis.

APICS Dictionary - Certified Supplier - A status awarded to a supplier who consistently meets predetermined quality, cost, delivery financial, and count objectives. Incoming inspection may not be required.

This Custom Module allows Vendors to be Certified for specific Part Numbers, allowing skipping Receiving Inspection, and identification of Parts within a Vendor Discount Program.

The Baseline software permits identifying a Vendor as being Certified, which covers ALL Parts the Vendor may deliver. Since a Vendor typically goes through Certification levels, until Parts are Certified in order to skip Inspection, the module allows identification, by Part Number, of one or more specific Vendors "Approved" to skip Inspection. Begin- and End-Dates of Approval are provided, plus the per-Vendor capability of allowing the Part to skip Inspection.

Several other fields are provided, which can be used as indicators on reports for Inventory, MRP, Purchasing, etc.

Kanban - indicates the Part arrives on a pallet, or some pre-determined Lot Size, one or more lots at a time.

Replen - indicates direct Vendor Replenishment. These Parts are always counted as "On-Time", in terms of World-Class On-Time Delivery Measurements.

Rev Auto De-Certify - this Part will have to be re-approved, per Vendor, upon a change in Parts Revision.

Vend Disc - this indicates that this Part is included in a contract with a Vendor, and can interface to P.O. entry to insure that Inventory-type PO's are assigned to an Approved Vendor. Customers running the Custom Extended Buy-Card can check the P.O. Unit Price against the stored Last-Cost from that Vendor to insure P.O. Price conforms to the contract.

The above information is useful to MRP and PO reporting for Buyer/Planners, and Materials Management and Warehouse Supervisory personnel. Other Custom Modules such as World- Class On-Time Measurement and Commodity Code structure can be interfaced, as well as Bulk Pull BOM Exploder, Nightly Process Streams, PPV Reporting, Dollars Received by Month, Purchase Order Detailed History, and Extended Buy-Card.