Course Description for Procurement Advanced

This course covers how IFS Applications can be used to purchase the goods and services required by a company.

The following areas are explained in this course:

Course Length

The estimated time to complete this course is 16 hours and 15 minutes.

Target Audience

This course is designed primarily for application consultants within Supply Chain.

Purchase Exchange Orders

This chapter outlines how to use the purchase exchange order functionality.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the System Data chapter in the IFS Applications Define Distribution Basics Intermediate course, and the IFS Applications Procurement Intermediate course.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 1 hour.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who are working in the area.

Internal Destination

This chapter outlines how an internal destination can be set up and used on requisitions and purchase orders.

Prerequisites

Before taking the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the System Data chapter in the IFS Applications Define Distribution Basics Intermediate course and the IFS Applications Procurement Intermediate course.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 30 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who are working in the area.

Automatic Order Processing

This chapter outlines how automatic order processing is set up and run.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the System Data chapter in the IFS Applications Define Distribution Basics Intermediate course, and the IFS Applications Procurement Intermediate course.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 45 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who are working in the area.

Monitor Procurement

This chapter outlines how you perform delivery control, handle delivery reminders and handle order confirmation reminders. Handling quality and supplier statistics are also explained. EDI/MHS related activities are found in the EDI/MHS chapter.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the System Data chapter in the IFS Applications Define Distribution Basics Intermediate course, and the IFS Applications Procurement Intermediate course.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who are working in the area.

Purchase Lead-time

This chapter outlines how the purchase lead-time is set up and used by the system.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the System Data chapter in the IFS Applications Define Distribution Basics Intermediate course, and the IFS Applications Procurement Intermediate course.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 45 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people that are working in the area.

Subcontracting/Supply Material

This chapter outlines the three different ways of handling subcontracting within purchasing, in IFS Applications: using the customer order flow (named Charge/No Charge), using supplier material, and using supplier material backflush.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the System Data chapter in the IFS Applications Define Distribution Basics Intermediate course, and the IFS Applications Procurement Intermediate course.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who are working in the area.

Consignment Stock

This chapter outlines how to work with consignment stock.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the System Data chapter in the IFS Applications Define Distribution Basics Intermediate course, and the IFS Applications Procurement Intermediate course.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 45 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who are working in the area.

Serial Reservation

This chapter outlines how to reserve serial numbers in purchasing.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the System Data chapter in the IFS Applications Define Distribution Basics Intermediate course, and the IFS Applications Procurement Intermediate course.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 30 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who are working in the area.

Milestones

This chapter outlines how to work with milestones in purchasing.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the System Data chapter in the IFS Applications Define Distribution Basics Intermediate course, and the IFS Applications Procurement Intermediate course.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 30 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who are working in the area.

Payment Profile

This chapter outlines how to work with payment profiles and how to connect payment profiles to milestones.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the System Data chapter in the IFS Applications Define Distribution Basics Intermediate course, and the IFS Applications Procurement Intermediate course.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 30 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who are working in the area.

Warranties

This chapter explains how to work with warranties on purchased parts.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the System Data chapter in the IFS Applications Define Distribution Basics Intermediate course, and the IFS Applications Procurement Intermediate course.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 45 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who are working in the area.

CTO

This chapter outlines how to work with CTO (configure to order) within purchasing.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the System Data chapter in the IFS Applications Define Distribution Basics Intermediate course, and the IFS Applications Procurement Intermediate course.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 45 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who are working in the area.

Intrastat

This chapter outlines how to work with intrastat reporting (used in the European Union) within purchasing.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the System Data chapter in the IFS Applications Define Distribution Basics Intermediate course, and the IFS Applications Procurement Intermediate course.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 45 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who are working in the area.

Centralized Purchasing

This chapter outlines how to centralize the purchasing demands from several sites.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the System Data chapter in the IFS Applications Define Distribution Basics Intermediate course, and the IFS Applications Procurement Intermediate course.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 45 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who are in charge of buying for several sites.

EDI/MHS

This chapter outlines how to send purchase orders and changed purchase orders using EDI/MHS. How to receive order confirmation and delivery notifications messages are also explained. Also the price catalog message is explained.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the System Data chapter in the IFS Applications Define Distribution Basics Intermediate course, and the IFS Applications Procurement Intermediate courses, and the IFS Applications Sales Intermediate courses.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 45 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who are working in the area.

Multi-site

This chapter outlines how to work with ordering between sites. The sites can belong to the same company or different companies. This chapter explains how sites that belong to the same company can have their profitability analyzed.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the System Data chapter in the IFS Applications Define Distribution Basics Intermediate course, and the IFS Applications Procurement Intermediate courses, and the IFS Applications Sales Intermediate courses.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 3 hours.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who are working with order handling. The lesson about inter-site profitability is designed primarily for financial or site managers interested in sites, profit and loss, and performance.