Purchase Delivery Pad Days

The Purchase Delivery Pad Days is a number of days you can add to the Purchase Lead Days for selling purposes.  The period of days adds a cushion to prevent salespeople from making delivery date promises to customers that can be potentially incorrect.

The Purchase Delivery Pad Days setting holds the number of days to add to the Purchase Lead Days for users who are not allowed to view the true delivery date via the View True PO Delivery Date field in the Extended Security (Purchasing) settings.  This setting uses the same hierarchy as Purchase Lead Days.  All processes that display or print the Purchase Order Delivery Date utilize the Purchase Delivery Pad Days (based on staff security).

Expected Receipt Date is calculated by adding the Purchase Lead Days to the current date plus the Purchase Delivery Pad Days if the user has access.  This date appears in the View Product Availability routine.

Sales order entry and delivery scheduling processes ensure that all the existing applicable (delivery/pickup) lines on the document are available by the specified date.  If the user does not have sufficient staff security, a warning message appears and a manager override is required to save the order.   

The Restrict Delivery Date Based On Available Date field on the Delivery tab in the Point of Sale Control Settings controls whether users can assign delivery dates and pickup dates for out of stock merchandise prior to the Next Available Incoming Purchase Order Date or Expected Receipt Date if no available purchase orders exist.  The Next Available Incoming Purchase Order Date and Expected Receipt Date include the Purchase Delivery Pad Days when appropriate.   If you check the box at this field, only users with the proper security can override this restriction.  

Two security settings affect purchase delivery pad days:

• View the True Purchase Order Delivery Date in the Extended Security (Purchasing) settings - to exclude purchase delivery pad days when calculating purchase lead days, check the box at this field.  

• Override Delivery Date Restrictions Based on Available Date in the Extended Security (Sales) settings - when the Restrict Delivery Date Based On Available Date setting in the Point of Sale Control Settings is active, use this field to allow users to override that restriction and assign delivery dates for out-of-stock merchandise prior to the next available date, including the Purchase Delivery Pad Days when appropriate.  

 eSTORIS uses purchase delivery pad days in the same manner as standard STORIS.

The conversion spreadsheet allows for import of purchase delivery pad days.