Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Purchase Inquiry
In Baan IV Purchase Control, the purchase inquiry procedure enables the user to:
- Request a specific supplier to submit a quotation on the purchase inquiry for the delivery of an item.
- Compare the prices and discounts of the quotations that are submitted by different suppliers.
- Copy the inquiry data to a purchase order.
In LN, you can:
- Request multiple business partners to submit a quotation on a specific request-for-quotation for the delivery of an item.
- Compare the received quotations based on the following criteria:
- Price
- Quantity
- Vendor rating
- Delivery dates
- RFQ subjective criteria
- Copy the quotation data to a purchase order, a purchase contract, or a price book.