View your supplying company’s stock and dispatch situation

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The following describes how to view your MDC supplying company’s stock and dispatch situation through the MDC availability enquiry program.

The MDC availability enquiry allows you to determine the date the goods will be dispatched from the delivering warehouse of your MDC supplying company. It is a convenient tool that can assist you if you are entering high volume orders, and have several MDC suppliers assigned to the item. This program can help you determine which MDC supplier has enough goods in stock to meet your demand.

  1. Select the MDC availability enquiry.
  2. On the initial panel, complete the following fields:
  3. Item
    Mandatory entry. Enter the MDC item that you wish to enquire upon in your supplying company’s system.
    Unit
    Mandatory entry. Enter the unit of the MDC item.

    It is mandatory to enter information in one, or both, of the following fields:

    Requested qty
    Enter the quantity of goods that you require.
    Req disp date
    Enter the date that you wish the requested quantity of goods to be delivered. Note: If you leave this field blank the system will, by default, display the next available dispatch date for the complete delivery of the requested quantity, but will not display the quantity that is available in stock.

    Click OK.

  4. The system updates the enquiry program and displays the requested information.
  5. Supplier
    Displays the number of the MDC supplier. Click Shift info to display the supplier’s Company name in the column.
    Customer
    Displays how your company is identified in your MDC supplier’s DC1 system. This is the number of your company as it is defined in their Business partner file.
    Company
    Displays the MDC company that represents your supplier in the MDC company control file.
    Warehouse
    Displays the number of the warehouse from which your MDC supplying company will deliver the goods.
    Requested quantity available at
    Displays the dispatch date that you requested. Note: If you did not enter a value in the Requested dispatch date field, the system will display the next available date for a complete delivery of the item.
    Quantity available at requested dispatch date.
    This field is only displayed if a value was entered in the Requested dispatch date field. Displays the quantity available in stock on the requested dispatch date.
    Error
    Displays the code for YES only if an error occurred during the communication link to your MDC supplying company. Caution: If an error indicator is shown repeat steps 1-3 to re-establish the connection. If the error message persists contact your System Administrator.
    Purchase price
    This field is only displayed if Transfer prices is set to YES in the Business partner file, MDC customer file panel. In the demanding company, it displays the purchase price of the item in the order line which is retrieved from the sale price in the supplying company.

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