Video Walkthrough - Settings
Video Walkthrough - Replenishing
What Are Replenishments?
A replenishment is a pending order for parts that needs to be reviewed and sent to your distributor or warehouse.
When an item is needed as part of a work order that has been completed on the Mobile App, a replenishment is created as long as the following criteria are met:
The work order must not be deleted
The work order must be completed and no longer incomplete on the Mobile App
The line item for the part to be replenished has to be accepted (i.e. checked as accepted in the list)
Viewing Your Replenishments
You can see your replenishments by clicking on the icon in the navigation bar at the left of the screen.
If you do not have any new pending replenishments waiting, you will see a list of past replenishments.
When you have a new pending replenishment, you'll see an indicator icon in the left navigation bar.
Any pending replenishments will be shown immediately.
Replenishing Parts
Any parts that you select in the list will be replenished (ordered) as soon as you click "Replenish Selected Parts". Any parts that were not selected will remain in the list until they've been replenished.
PO Numbers
The PO Number for your orders can be set in one of two ways:
According to the ordering technician's details and date
Manually, allowing you to enter criteria by hand. Use the substitution tags below to create auto-replacement rules for your PO numbers.
Note that all times will be derived from the time the replenishment has been created and the technician name and truck number relate to the technician requesting the part. Multiple PO numbers will be created for each technician.
[YY] | Year in two-number format |
[YYYY] | Year in four-number format |
[MM] | Month |
[DD] | Day |
[HH] | Hour in 24-hour (military) format |
[hh] | Hour in 12-hour format |
[a] | Adds an am/pm designator |
[mm] | Minutes |
[tech-firstname] | The technician's first name, with any spaces removed |
[tech-lastname] | The technician's last name, with any spaces removed |
[tech-truck] | The technician's truck number |
[tech-firstname:X] or [tech-lastname:X] | X should be replaced with a number. That number of characters will be shown from the technician's first or last name. |
Replenishment Sources
The replenishment list has three different groupings based on the source:
Distributor Replenishments
These are items that are connected with a distributor. For each distributor, you can manage the delivery method and the branch.
There are three delivery methods:
Manual Replenishment
The replenishment order will be sent to your own internal shop inventory email. This is not the same email that is used for manual replenishments (see below).
Delivery
The replenishment order will be sent to your distributor and requested as a delivery.
Will Call
The replenishment order will be sent to your distributor and requested as a will call pick up.
Distributors can have several branches set up. To learn more, click here to view our article on managing distributors.
To order from multiple branches or to set up multiple delivery types for your replenishments, you'll need to replenish more than once. You can follow this process:
Check the checkbox next to items that are part of a single branch/delivery method and leave any other items unchecked
Make sure to select the correct delivery method and branch settings for the order with that distributor.
Click "Replenish Selected Parts" in the action bar at the bottom right of the screen.
Repeat steps 1-3 as many times as necessary to replenish all necessary parts.
Manual Replenishments
Items that are manually replenished are shown in your price book inventory, but are designated to come from your own inventory rather than from a distributor. These replenishment orders will be sent to the manual replenishment email you've provided.
To set up an item in your inventory to manually replenish, you'll need to edit it from either the price book or from the distributor's inventory list. Follow these steps:
Navigate to your price book from the navigation bar at the left of your screen OR navigate to your Settings, select the primary distributor from the settings navigation to view their inventory list.
Locate the part you'd like to manually replenish in the list.
Hover on the part and click to "Edit".
Change the option for Replenishment to "Replenish manually from shop inventory".
Non-Stock Item Replenishments
Items in this replenishment category are not a part of the offerings in your price book. These are usually one-off custom parts that are written in by the technician who ordered them. These replenishment orders will be sent to the non-stock email you've provided.
Replenishment Settings
To manage your replenishment settings click the settings cog icon in the search bar at the top right of the screen, then navigate to Replenishments (under the Application Settings heading) in the left settings menu.
Replenishment Emails
There are three custom email addresses you must provide in order for replenishments to work correctly. These three emails can be configured as you wish. Depending on your needs, you may want to route them to the same email, or to multiple people, departments or warehouses (usually within your own company).
Remember that these are where orders will be sent that your distributor won't be taking care of, so you'll want to make sure these emails are monitored regularly.
Inventory Email
Manual Replenishment Email
Non-Stock Items Email
PO Number Defaults
A default PO Number for your replenishment orders can be set in one of two ways:
Automatically, according to the ordering technician's details and date.
Manually, allowing you to enter criteria by hand.
Use the substitution tags below to create auto-replacement rules for your PO numbers.
Note that all times will be derived from the time the replenishment has been created and the technician name and truck number relate to the technician requesting the part. Multiple PO numbers will be created for each technician.
[YY] | Year in two-number format |
[YYYY] | Year in four-number format |
[MM] | Month |
[DD] | Day |
[HH] | Hour in 24-hour (military) format |
[hh] | Hour in 12-hour format |
[a] | Adds an am/pm designator |
[mm] | Minutes |
[tech-firstname] | The technician's first name, with any spaces removed |
[tech-lastname] | The technician's last name, with any spaces removed |
[tech-truck] | The technician's truck number |
[tech-firstname:X] or [tech-lastname:X] | X should be replaced with a number. That number of characters will be shown from the technician's first or last name. |
Auto-Replenishments
When you set the auto-replenishment status to activated, orders will be sent out automatically at whatever time of day you select. This can be helpful to avoid missing important parts for a job if your team forgets to make a replenishment manually.
When this setting is activated, you will still be able to visit the replenishments page to replenish selected parts manually whenever you like.
You can set the default delivery method and branch for each distributor's replenishments.
How Replenishment Orders are Sent
A CSV file is created when a replenishment is initiated (either manually or automatically) and is sent out as an email attachment to either the distributor or one of your replenishment emails. The CSV contains the following columns relating to the order:
Item | This column is left blank. |
Description | The name/description of the item |
Bill To | Your contractor name. |
Ship To | The technician name. |
Part Category | The categories the part belongs to. |
Vendor | The distributor branch. |
Customer | The work order number and customer name. |
Manufacturer Part Number | The manufacturer part number. |
Quantity | The requested quantity of the item. |
Rate | The per-item price. |
Ship Method | The delivery method. |
Transaction Date | Either when the customer signed the work order or when the replenishment is sent (if the customer has not signed). |
PO Number | The PO number. |
Class | The appointment type selected in the appointment details. |