When we're organising demos with prospective customers, we often get asked if Fraction ERP is a purchase order system and is it simple.

In both cases, yes!

Raise orders from MRP

As you'd expect from an ERP system, Fraction ERP will allow you to raise purchase orders based on the demand from your work orders.

Our MRP screen has a number of easy to apply filters to help you speed up the purchasing process.

We also have the option to group demand, so if you get a discount on certain purchasing quantities, you can ensure that your purchase orders are consolidated.

If you repeat buy a component / material from a specific supplier you can set this up, again speeding up the purchasing process.

Raising purchase orders from the MRP screen

Raise standalone purchase orders

If you want the buy without using the MRP screen, perhaps for an ad-hoc purchase, you can do this too.

If the item later appears in the bill of materials for the work order, you can link them back up manually.

Fraction ERP allows you to create items 'on the fly', again speeding up the process of raising purchase orders.

The purchase order screen within Fraction ERP

RFQ system

If you aren't sure who the best supplier will be for your order, you can raise a Request For Quotation (RFQ) and then convert the best response to a purchase order. This certainly saves time and reduces confusion whilst you juggle the rest of the day job!

Raising a RFQ directly from the MRP screen

Purchase order approval

Within Fraction ERP we allow purchase order approval levels to be set. If you want full control over the purchasing process, this option is for you.

User configuration, including purchasing limits

Email directly to suppliers

Once you have an approved purchase order, you can click on the email button and send this off directly to your supplier.

The order can be downloaded as a PDF document and emailed that way, if you prefer.

Emailing a purchase order directly from Fraction ERP

Receiving orders

When the order arrives at your business, our goods received function allows you to bring the stock into Fraction ERP and then allow it to be allocated to the order you need it for.

If you select for the item to be inspected when it arrives, that can be triggered at this stage.

Also, if you want traceability (serial or batch) for the items, this can also be triggered at this stage if the part has been setup in that manner.

Goods received screen in Fraction ERP

Free two week trial

We hope this article has given you a better insight into how Fraction ERP is an effective purchase order management system.

We feel that the best way to evaluate an ERP system is by taking it for a proper test drive.

We offer a free two week trial, to help you and your team run some of your own orders through our system.

This allows you to find out if our system will do what you want it to do.

We recommend a quick online walk through before a free trial, which you can sign up for using the form below.