The BTB check box is auto-filled when the stock has been RTP enabled.
Enable RTP
This flags this Stock item so that when it is used in Sales Orders, it will be added to a list of items that may require a Purchase Order to be raised.
Request to Purchase (RTP)
Enable RTP
This option is found on Stock records and Price records. Selecting this option enables the record to be used in the Consolidate Requests feature.
The Consolidate Requests feature enables Purchase Orders to be raised, semi automatically, to meet product requests.
Product requests can arise from:
The sale of Stock and Price items on SOP orders;
In-house requests for products entered using the POP Purchase Request function;
Stock levels reaching their re-order point and requiring replenishment;
Stock levels being examined for re-ordering within the Consolidate Requests function.
On Stock and Price records, the Enable RTP option designates the record as available for the Consolidate Requests feature.
If the option is not selected, the record will not be available for the Consolidate Requests feature.
Back To Back (BTB)
When a record that has been enabled for RTP is selected for a Sales Order detail line, there will be an additional active option BTB. These are normal SOP Orders, which contain Stock items or Price items which have been flagged as Enable RTP and which have been marked as BTB on the Order Detail line. This flags the Order line to make it available to the Consolidate Requests function.
If BTB is selected, the detail line will be flagged as a 'Back To Back’ order item and that item will then be included on the Consolidate Request screen from which Purchase Orders can be raised.
The Consolidate Requests function brings together all requests to purchase but does not automatically raise any Purchase Orders. This enables you to retain control over which Orders to raise, when to raise them, to which Supplier and for how much.
For Purchase Orders created from Back To Back Sales Order Processing, you are able to Allocate Stock from the Customer Waiting window.
From the Process Batch window, press Customers to open the Customer Waiting window.
Select the Allocate Stock option, the stock received from processing the Purchase Order will be allocated to the Sales Order lines of the Customers Waiting for this stock.