Overview
Order quantities can be recalculated to satisfy or surpass certain pre-defined constraints. This will ensure that you are always meeting your or the vendor's requirements for order amounts.
Typical scenarios for constraints include:
Filling a container or a truck load.
Reaching a supplier minimum order value.
Pre-requisite
To work properly, all items to constrain must have the necessary data in place.
For example, items to be constrained by pallet, must have pallet quantity data.
Create an order constraint
To create a constraint
Click on Orders in the navigation bar
Click on the cube
Click on the plus icon.
Satisfy Constraints if the constraint limit is the maximum amount. AGR will calculate the maximum order quantity possible, to reach the constraint but not break it. Surpass Constraints if the limit is the minimum amount. AGR will calculate the minimum order quantity needed to go above the constraint limit.
Fill up lets AGR know how you would like to satisfy the constraint. If you do not want to set a specific fill up this option, set this to No preference. It is possible to add any number of constraints types to each order constraint you create by clicking on the blue plus symbol in the popup window. The new types will have the same limit as the original constraint type.
Apply an order constraint
Once you have created an Order Constraint, it will appear in the dropdown menu under the cube.
To apply a constraint, follow these three steps:
Select the item(s) to include in the constraint
Click the cube icon
Select the constraint you would like to apply.
Click on the "i" icon to open a sidebar with more information on the outcome of applying the constraint.
If you want to recalculate the order proposal to what it was prior to the constraint, select all lines and click on the recalculate
Examples of constraints
Fill a container
To set a constraint to fill a container, you must first know how many pallets fit inside the typical container. For example, 22 standard pallets fit into a normal shipping container. To create a constraint to fill a container:
Create a new constraint.
Name the constraint.
Set Behavior to Satisfy Constraints.
Let Number of pallets be less than or equal to the number of pallets in a container.
Do not allow fill up.
Click Save.
The constraint is now available to apply on any order that needs to fill a container.
Meet a vendor's minimum order value
Some vendors may require orders of a certain monetary value or higher on some or all of their items. To create a constraint based on value:
Create a new constraint.
Name the constraint.
Set Behavior to Surpass Constraints.
Let Purchase Value be great than the minimum value allowed by the vendor.
Do not allow fill up.
Click Save.
The constraint can be applied to orders from that vendor.
Reach a fixed order volume
Some items can only be ordered at a certain volume in cubic meters. For example, a standard container is a little over 67 cubic meters (m3). To create a constraint to order a container based on volume:
Create a new constraint.
Name the constraint.
Set Behavior to Satisfy Constraints.
Let Volume be less than or equal to 67.
Select how AGR should fill up the volume.
Click Save.
The constraint can now be applied to any order that requires a minimum of filling a container by volume and to split orders.