UC3 - Generate POs based on a list of products.

Description

User associated to a hospital unit manually selects a list of products to be reordered, then generates multiple purchase orders based on products selected.

Actor

Inventory Manager, Inventory Staff, Tech, Pharmacy Manager

Privileges

  • Inventory Reorder Screen

  • Add/Edit Purchase Orders

Triggers

  • Users SOP to routinely orders products.

  • Critical Inventory Alert

Preconditions

  • Hospital Unit Setup

    • Set as Inventory Unit

    • PO can only be created and edited by employees associated with the ordering unit.

      • Limit PO items to hospital unit’s pre-associated inventory list

      • Limit PO items to current vendor product setup

  • Vendor

  • Product

  • Vendor Product Setup

Steps

Basic Workflow

Post Conditions

1 or more POs are created per vendor in the “New” status, that can then be modified and completed from the PO screen.

Proposed Changes

  1. Unit Dropdown will be limited to Hospital Units designated as “Inventory Area” and the user is associated to, with PO creation rights.

  2. Multiple Lists can be created. Optionally, if a vendor is selected, then products are limited to vendor product links.

  3. Picklist – ability to quickly add items to the list from a Picklist.

  4. Create reorder list based on min stock quantities.

  5. Only use/show active products, vendors, and vendor contracts.

  6. Add report and custom report options.

  7. Add vendor and product alerts

  8. Highlight and flag products that are below critical levels.

Specifications

Basic Workflow

  1. Access the inventory reorder screen select or create a new reorder list. A reorder list is linked to an inventory area and a user. There is an optional vendor that can be set on the list.

     

  2. Items can be added to the list through the product selector. The default vendor will be selected along with quantity on hand and pending quantity on open purchase orders.

     

  3. Once all items have been added to the list, the user can select the items they want to convert into a PO. a PO will be created for all vendors found in the selected items.

  4. From the PO search screen, the new POs can be found by in the “New” status with a PO date of today. To finish modifying and sending PO see Use Case 1.

Alternate Workflow 2A – Changing to an alternate vendor for a product

  1. Select the alternate vendor from the dropdown list.

     

Alternate Workflow 1A - Use picklist to select from a predefined list of products

  1. Click “Picklist” button and select picklist from dropdown.

     

  2. Enter desired quantity for item you want to add and then click “Post” to add them to the list.

     

Alternate Flow 1B - Use barcode scanner to select product

  1. Place cursor in the product name field and scan barcode

Alternate Flow 1C - Add products to the reorder list that are below the minimum stock qty.