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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/Priorities" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To use priorities</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>priorities</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>sourcing</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>sourcing percentages</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>The priorities functionality enables you to add a certain rating to suppliers who deliver the same item. If you want to order a specific item, SSA ERP assigns this order to the supplier with the highest priority.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If there are suppliers with minimum or maximum order quantities, SSA ERP also takes these quantities into account.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>The maximum order quantity of a supplier can be less than the assigned order quantity, according to the priority. In this case, the remainder of the order is assigned to the supplier with the next priority.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>It can also occur that the minimum order quantity of a supplier is higher than the assigned order quantity, according to the priority. In this case, the next supplier in the priority scale gets the order.</Paragraph>
		<ExampleSection><SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>In this example, the number of items that must be ordered is 1000.</Paragraph>
			<TABLE border="1"><TBODY><TR><TD>-</TD>
						<TD>Priority*</TD>
						<TD>Items**</TD>
						<TD>Quantity***</TD>
						<TD>Items****</TD>
					</TR>
					<TR><TD>Supplier 1</TD>
						<TD>700</TD>
						<TD>1000</TD>
						<TD>700 (max.)</TD>
						<TD>700</TD>
					</TR>
					<TR><TD>Supplier 2</TD>
						<TD>800</TD>
						<TD>0000</TD>
						<TD>400 (min.)</TD>
						<TD>000</TD>
					</TR>
					<TR><TD>Supplier 3</TD>
						<TD>900</TD>
						<TD>0000</TD>
						<TD>500 (max.)</TD>
						<TD>300</TD>
					</TR>
				</TBODY>
			</TABLE>
			<Paragraph>* The priority rate of the supplier in a scale from 0 (= highest priority) to 999 (= lowest priority).</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>** The assigned number of items according to the priority.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>*** The minimum or maximum order quantities.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>**** The assigned number of items when order quantity restrictions are defined.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>In this example, you need 1000 items and you order 700 items from supplier 1. Supplier 2 is the second in the priority scale, but supplier 2 has a minimum order quantity of 400 and you only need 300. As a result, you order the remaining 300 items from supplier 3.</Paragraph>
		</ExampleSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/SourPerc" role="manual">To use sourcing percentages</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/Sourcing" role="manual">Sourcing</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
