Parent / Child Reorder Points

Aug 07, 2006 1 Replies

I have a Parent/Child question.



I would like to order a carton of cigs (Parent) when packs (child) are at 3.



I tried the following parameters: Carton Parent Restock Level = 1 Carton Parent Reorder Point = 0 Child Restock Level = 10 Child Reorder Point = 3



With inventory of parent at 1, as soon as the child inventory hits 0 a parent is broken down into 10 children and a PO for a parent is generated. I would end up with 20 packs on hand (10 child and 1 carton on order) when I only want 3 packs prior to placing the order.



I also tried the following parameters: Carton Parent Restock Level = 0 Carton Parent Reorder Point = -1 Child Restock Level = 10 Child Reorder Point = 3



No PO is generated when child inventory hits 3. However a PO is generated when the child inventory goes to zero and then I sell one addition pack (which I don?t have because my inventory is zero).



Any suggestions how I might achieve my objective? Or is this not possible in RMS?



Thank you!



Unfortunately not poss in RMS. Reorder points are determined by the parent, not the child. The software unfortuantely assumes that you always want to have parent items in stock. Retail Realm has an add on that allows you to do this, & hopefully MS will add this at some point.

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