San Ramon,
CA – August 17, 2001 – As
a result of partnering with its build-to-order, discrete manufacturing,
and maintenance organization customers, Relevant Business Systems
has enhanced its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) suite by allowing
users to automatically generate and print requests for quotation
(RFQ) from vendors for inventory and non-inventory items, as well
as for services and estimates. Generated from requisitions and estimates,
the RFQs are then processed through a cycle that includes vendor
selection, price approval and purchase order (PO) creation.
“While creating the new RFQs, users save
a great amount of time because the system automatically generates
a selection list of potential vendors based on the standard Relevant
item/vendor PO history,” emphasizes Patrick Garrehy, Relevant
Business Systems' President and CEO. “In addition, per the
requests of many customers, the system is now so flexible that users
can even add prospective vendors to the selection list.”
Uniquely, RFQs can be generated from estimates,
as well as from PO requisitions, for direct material, indirect material,
and service items. New requests generate new RFQ master records
or can be added to existing RFQ records. Once RFQ records are created,
users can modify the bidding vendor list for each item. When used
in conjunction with the Relevant Estimate Workbench, users can generate
new RFQs for each estimate item and view old RFQs for all items.
They can then select the desired RFQ and automatically update the
item’s cost in the Estimate Item Master.
A given RFQ can consist of multiple items as
well as multiple delivery schedules for each item. The RFQ mailing
form, similar to a PO, includes a list of each item and each delivery
date for which a quote is required.
When quotes are received from a vendor, the prices
and special charges are entered into the RFQ records and the winning
vendors are selected. The RFQ Workbench then automatically converts
the RFQ to a new PO or to a new line on an existing PO. If a prospective
vendor is selected as the winning vendor, the Workbench automatically
adds the Vendor Master record when the PO is created.
The new enhanced RFQ capabilities are presently
available.
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| About
Relevant Business Systems
Relevant Business Systems provides
superior project-oriented enterprise software for Aerospace and
Defense, Engineer to Order, Contract Manufacturing, Maintenance Repair
and Overhaul, and project-oriented manufacturing companies. The company
was co-founded in 1983 by Patrick Garrehy, a pioneer in the development
of packaged software for discrete manufacturers and a veteran of several
defense industry firms.
Relevant software is architected to better meet the
needs of make-to-stock, make-to-order, and engineer-to-order manufacturers
for whom aggressive project management is the key to profitability. Through
superior product performance and outstanding customer service, Relevant
has become the supplier of choice for many of the premier firms in the
industry.
Relevant Business Systems is headquartered
at 12667 Alcosta Blvd., Suite 300, San Ramon, California, 94583
and can be found on the web at www.relevant.com. |
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