How to request a quote from a production order

 

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When you decide to address the need within a production order by purchasing materials, you can request a quote from one or more suppliers. This can be done directly from the production order. Follow the steps below to request a quote from multiple suppliers from a production order.

 

 

Step 1: Open the order

 

Search and select the production order on the module homepage and go to the 'Materials' tab in the production semi-finished product.

 

 

Step 2: Place the material line on the request list

 

Select the material line and click on Place on request list

. You will get a dialog box. If you answer the question with Yes, the material line will be added to the Quote Request List.

 

 

Step 3: Go to the Quote Request List

 

Navigate back to the production order via the navigation bar. Click on Quote Request List

in the production order header. MKG will automatically open the Quote Requests module. The Quote Request List appears at the top of your screen, and at the bottom, you see the quote request to be created.

 

 

Step 4: Create the quote request

 

Select the material line in the Quote Request List, click on Add line

and select the option 'According to standard collection rules'. Click on Save Quote List . The quote request is created.

 

 

Step 5: Select one or more suppliers

 

First, click on Supplier Quote Request

to create a line. Then, select the supplier from whom you want to request a quote in the Creditor field and click on Save . Repeat this if you want to make a request to multiple suppliers.

 

 

Step 6: Request the quote(s)

 

First, select the line(s) and then click on Request

to request the quote(s). You will get a dialog box. If you answer the question with Yes, the quotes will be requested from the suppliers.

 

 

Step 7: Process the responses

 

On the 'Suppliers' tab, you process the data of the quote(s) from the supplier(s) when you receive them. The 'Responses' tab shows all responses clearly on one screen.

 

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