Stock

The stock tab provides access to the initial documents sequences and batch number for stock movement documents. It also provides access to the following:

• Current stock period

• Reorder frequency

• Initial document numbering

The current stock period is the period in which the stock file is accumulating sales, purchase and stock movement data. At a master site (main branch) this will always remain synchronised with the debtors accounting period as the stock files are aged as part of the debtors age. At a remote branch where stock control is kept separately (distributed systems only) it is necessary to age the stock file before beginning sales, purchases and stock movements for a new month. Once you have initiated the stock period the end of month age options will roll it over for you and you should not have to adjust it again.

WARNING changing the stock period after the system has been initialised may cause unexpected results.

The reorder frequency informs the purchasing system of the regular cycle of purchases for your company. By specifying the frequency with which you wish to place the bulk of your purchases the system is able to predict how much and how often it should purchase goods. You can specify the reorder frequency in either days or months.

If there are any stock movement documents that are not completely processed against the Stock system these will be noted in red on the base of this screen.