Sage 100 replenishment: avoiding stockouts and excess stock

Manage replenishment manually in Sage 100, it is often navigate between two pitfalls: Stock ruptures which cause sales and customers to lose, and overstock which immobilizes capital and storage space. EasyReappro100developed by Alternetis, automates this process directly within your Sage 100 environment.

The manual replenishment problem in Sage 100

Without a dedicated tool, the purchasing manager spends hours each week to:

• View stock levels item by item in Sage 100
• Manually calculate requirements based on past sales and supplier deadlines
• Compare the current orders with the actual needs
• Generate supplier purchase orders, often late or over-excessive

This time-consuming process leads to errors: excess stock ordered as a precaution, overlooked products and orders placed too late. The result is frustrated customers facing stockouts and capital tied up in excess inventory.

EasyReappro100: the smart replenishment for Sage 100

EasyReappro100 automatically calculates supply requirements by analyzing all relevant parameters:

• TheSales history : actual consumption by article and period
• The current stock in Sage 100 (all warehouses combined)
• The orders in progress : items already ordered not yet received
• The supplier deadlines : to anticipate and order in time
• The objectives of the stock cover (days or weeks)
• The Minimum and maximum stocks configured by article

Mini/Maxi stocks in Sage 100: how to set them up effectively

The concept of mini stock and maxi stock is at the heart of a good replenishment policy. EasyReappro100 allows you to configure for each item:

• A stock mini (alert threshold): below this threshold, the replenishment is automatically triggered
• A maximum stock (ceiling): the quantity ordered will never exceed this ceiling
• A safety stock : additional margin to absorb the risks of delivery or demand
• A order multiple : respect supplier packaging (carton of 12, pallet of 100…)

These parameters can be defined by supplier, warehouse or by product family. EasyReappro100 can also calculate mini/Maxi stocks automatically based on sales history, for companies that have not yet defined them.

Automatic generation of supplier orders in Sage 100

Once the needs are calculated, EasyReappro100 automatically generates the proposals for supplier orders directly in Sage 100. The purchasing manager reviews them in a summary dashboard, approves or adjusts them as needed, then converts them into firm orders with one click.

The grouping by supplier is automatic: all lines concerning the same supplier are consolidated into one order, respecting any minimum order amounts.

Post-deployment results

• Reduction of stockouts from 60 to 80 % by early triggers
• Average stock decrease from 15 to 25 % through better-sized orders
• Gain from 3 to 5 hours per week on procurement tasks
• Improved customer service rate : fewer pending orders
• Reduction of supplier emergencies and expensive express orders

Discover EasyReappro100 in action: ask for a personalized demonstration to our Alternetis team. We will assess your Sage 100 environment and demonstrate the practical benefits you can expect.