Raw material inventory and purchases can be planned in a number of ways in STYLEman.
From Forecast
If sales contracts are not yet available, you can still plan your material requirements. Sales forecasts can be entered by style, colour and size or by selling ratios across colours and sizes. Forecast quantities by period for some styles can be combined with actual sales quantities for other styles and the combined values are then multiplied through the Bill of Materials to calculate the requirement.
Weekly requirements are then compared to current inventory and existing inbound purchase orders to calculate a suggestion to buy. Scrap allowances, buffer stock thresholds and stock in QC can be included in the calculations if required.
The suggested quantities for raw materials and multi-level subassemblies can be automatically purchased from the MRP.
From Contract/Sales Orders
If you already have sales contracts and prefer to purchase materials specifically to one or a group of contracts, STYLEman will allow you the flexibility to achieve this. Simply enter one or many sales order numbers and STYLEman will calculate what’s needed and allow you to modify the suggested suppliers, delivery dates and quantities.
The suggested quantities for raw materials and multi-level subassemblies can be automatically purchased from the trial kitting.

From Production/CMT Orders
If you prefer to group sales orders up into production and/or CMT orders before planning the materials, STYLEman will also allow this.
Simply enter the production or CMT order numbers and STYLEman will calculate what’s needed and allow you to modify the suggested suppliers, delivery dates and quantities.
The suggested quantities for raw materials and multi-level subassemblies can be automatically purchased from here and the resulting material purchase orders are linked and tracked against the parent production or CMT order.
