Product Selection Screen

When you first access this screen via the Product Performance and Purchase Recommendations routine, products from all locations selected on the Selection Criteria tab appear in the grid. To change the contents of the grid, use the Location field described below.

The following four fields appear in the header area of this tab. The fields display combined numbers for all products currently in the grid.

If the selected product has no product history at the selected location, the Inventory Turns and GMROI fields display as null (that is, blank). If products have been received at the location but no sales have been made, the fields display as 0.00.

If you enter purchase order information, the system offers the option to create purchase orders when exiting the Product Selection screen.

To access the Export to Excel and Export to HTML options for a grid item, right-click on the line. To view the Product Performance and Purchase Recommendation Sample (Full Buyer's Worksheet) information screens, double-click on a product line.

Product, Description - The product code and product description display in this column.
Excess Warning - If the system is set to warn when an excess of stock exists, "Yes" appears in this column for the products that have been overstocked.
Order Warning - If the system is set to warn when a product falls below the safe stock level, "Yes" appears in this column for products that need to be ordered.
On-Hand, Available, Net PO - The quantity-on-hand, quantity available (not reserved to an order), and net purchase order quantity display for each product in the grid. Note that numbers may change as you change locations via the Location field.

Build a Report File - Use this option to save the Product Performance and Purchase Recommendations data to a file that you can use with the Report Builder.

After you select this option, the system asks if you want to clear the user's previously saved data before creating a new report file. You have the following options:

- Yes - clear the previous data for this user and create a new report file.
- No - generate the report data without clearing the previous file.
- Cancel - abort the process.

The data file you generate includes the log-in user's initials, thus making it possible for users to generate their own reports without overwriting another user's data.

Once you create the report file, you can then create buying reports via the Report Builder. Select the dictionary file named BMW.WORK.DATA.

Display PO Create Summary
Report Product Performance - Select this option to generate the product performance report in a print format. The print report action creates a report of the currently selected run time options on the Product Performance and Purchase Recommendations, Product Selection screen. The report is sent directly to Review Archived Reports. When you select this option, a prompt may appear asking if your previous data should be cleared before generating new data. Answer Yes or No. Once the report has been run, a message informs you that the report (IC.371.RPT) has been sent to Review Archived Reports. The available formats are limited to Printer or Basic PDF.