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The following reports are available in the 'Purchasing' category. Click the links for further details:
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 | Purchase Invoices or Supplier Return Notes posted with a buying difference. | Identify - and correct - buying differences in purchase invoices and SRNs; i.e. when the sum of the invoice posted is different to the value of the goods actually received and/or ordered. 
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 | Purchase Orders which have not been fully received by a certain date, which therefore require 'chasing up'. 
 | Identify situations where it is necessary to chase supplier(s) and/or monitor the arrival of overdue orders. Can also be used as the basis for cash flow projection forecasting. 
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 | Purchase Orders where the cost - from the supplier's Purchase Invoice - does not match what was actually booked in via the Goods Received Note. 
 | Identify situations where it is necessary to cross reference goods received with the amount invoiced, in order to correct mistakes and/or take action with suppliers. 
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 | Purchase Orders which have been received into stock but no invoice has yet been registered for them. 
 | Identify situations where it is necessary to chase purchase invoices/take action with suppliers. 
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 | Which suppliers are being used to supply a specified range of products, including dates and lead times. 
 | Review the settings of lead times, box size and minimum bulk order quantities, and minimum supplier order and value quantities. 
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| Purchase Orders that have quantities for delivery outstanding, which therefore require 'chasing up'. 
 | Identify situations where it is necessary to chase supplier(s) and/or monitor the arrival of overdue orders. 
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 | Purchase Orders entered, either today or within a selected date range. Users may include/exclude different types of Purchase Order. 
 | Monitor new purchase orders on the system and check for errors, omissions etc. 
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 | Purchase Invoices which have been Registered (i.e. Entered into the System) but not yet Passed (or Matched). 
 | Identify Purchase Invoices which need to be matched/passed. 
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 | 'Suggested' Purchase Orders, based on current stock levels and reorder levels, which can be reviewed manually and converted to real Purchase Orders if necessary. 
 | Review - and if necessary create Suggested Purchase Orders automatically - based on current demand/reorder levels and current stock levels. Suggested Purchase Orders can then be reviewed manually and converted to real Purchase Orders as required. 
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