Reordering & replenishment in Odoo :

What is a Purchase Order ?

A purchase order is a legal document form used by a buyer and sent to a supplier for an order. A purchase order specifies items, quantities, prices, and credit terms for a purchase from the vendor. A PO becomes a legally binding contract when a vendor accepts the purchase order.

New PO creation :

• Adding products and quantities
• Setting delivery dates and terms
• Saving and confirming the PO.
• The preferred route is Buy .

Entering supplier details :

• Adding Price for a vendor
• Setting quantity and minimum – maximum quantity

Delivery Lead time :

• The Delivery Lead Time for the selected vendor is set to 5 days.
• Odoo uses the Delivery Lead Time when calculating the replenishment of products.
• It considers existing stock levels, incoming shipments, and expected demand to suggest when to reorder.

Vendor Lead Time:

• Sometimes referred to as Supplier Lead Time, this is the time it takes for a supplier to prepare and ship the goods.

Automatic Reordering:

• Odoo can automate reordering based on predefined rules that take into account Delivery Lead Time and current stock levels.

Managing Visibility Days :

Visibility days specify how long a specific stage or document should remain accessible and active within the procurement system.

Visibility days are set as 15 days :

Visibility days can apply to Purchase Orders (POs), dictating how long a PO remains active before it expires or requires renewal.

• On hand : 5 
• Min Qty : 50
• Max Qty : 200
• To order : 185

Order once is a manual process. 

After Run scheduler is activated : 

New Purchase order is created – P00071

In the New Purchase order the expected date is three months from today .

• The Quantity is Changed as 30 for the same supplier and same product after run scheduler .

Visibility days are set as 90 days .

• On hand : 5 
• Min Qty : 50
• Max Qty : 200
• To order : 155
• Order once is triggered.

Inventory : 

Replenishment is a crucial inventory operation which helps to maintain a sufficient quantity of stock in your inventory. In order to ensure an uninterrupted supply of goods, you need to replenish the inventory according to demand. Odoo ERP System provides quick support to the replenishment operations of a company. You can perform replenishment in two different methods. You can replenish products either from the product management window or by creating a new replenishment operation from the Inventory module.

Operations – – – – > Replenishment & Run Scheduler in Inventory module.

After Re-Run the Scheduler : 

• Forecast : 200

• To order : 0 

Reordering Rule : 

• In the Odoo Inventory module, you can configure a set of rules that help you to make sure that the stock would never run out. Odoo will try to maintain at least a minimum quantity of product in your inventory using the reordering rules.

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• Preferred Route : Manufacture 

• Trigger : Manual 

• Visibility days : 15 days

Bill of Materials (BoM) in Odoo Reordering rule set as A Manufacture :

A Bill of Materials (BoM) defines the components, sub-assemblies, and quantities needed to produce a finished product.