| # To use priorities The priority functionality enables you to add a certain rating to business partners who deliver the same item. If you want to order a specific item, ERP Enterprise assigns this order to the business partner with the highest priority. If there are business partners with minimum or maximum order quantities, ERP Enterprise also takes these quantities into account. The maximum order quantity of a business partner can be less than the assigned order quantity, according to the priority. In this case, the remainder of the order is assigned to the business partner with the next priority. It can also occur that the minimum order quantity of a business partner is higher than the assigned order quantity, according to the priority. In this case, the next business partner in the priority scale gets the order. Example In this example, the number of items that must be ordered is 1000.
- | Priority* | Items** | Quantity*** | Items****
Supplier 1 | 700 | 1000 | 700 (max.) | 700
Supplier 2 | 800 | 0000 | 400 (min.) | 000
Supplier 3 | 900 | 0000 | 500 (max.) | 300
* The priority rate of the business partner in a scale from 0 (= highest priority) to 999 (= lowest priority). ** The assigned number of items according to the priority. *** The minimum or maximum order quantities. **** The assigned number of items when order quantity restrictions are defined. In this example, you need 1000 items and you order 700 items from business partner 1. Business partner 2 is the second in the priority scale, but business partner 2 has a minimum order quantity of 400 and you only need 300. As a result, you order the remaining 300 items from business partner 3. Related topics To use sourcing percentages Sourcing |