The features provided in Abel Purchasing and Procurement include:

• Back-to-back ordering
• Direct supply ordering
• Forward orders (Forward orders are orders forecast into future periods)
• Purchase Orders can be automatically raised from Customer Orders
• Cyclical reordering and reorder points can be applied to any item to trigger automatic reordering as stock levels reach minimum quantities
• Blanket orders, annual agreements and contracts can also be applied automatically within the system
• Interactive fields allow access to other relevant information, lists, windows and screens without leaving the order document, accelerating the population and processing of the order
• Internal requisitions
• Supplier evaluation requests handling
• Reorder points and cyclic reordering to automate high turnover item purchases
• Multiple addresses
• Multiple customers on a Purchase Order. Each line on an order can specify a specific customer, so that you can have a different customer for each line. For direct supply Purchase Orders, this means that you can have a different customer address for each line on a Purchase Order
• Multiple suppliers handling, including the provision for an identified preferred supplier and vendor price importation and maintenance
• Multiple vendors can be used in Abel for each item allowing the option of competitive bidding
• Repeating and blanket Purchase Orders
• Barcode input and search
• Raise Purchase Orders in foreign currencies
• Automatic stock checks. Stock is always visible when orders are being built
• Purchase authorizations
• Online transactions can be used in conjunction with vendors (may require an interface)
• Taxable and tax exempt purchases handling
• Shipment re-costing

Stock and Inventory Management