Prepare quote for supplier request
If a Sales Quote Request (CRQ) are for products or components with no purchase price or delivery time available in the ERP system, you will need to get this information. This is done in RamBase by setting the request to a specific status which makes it available for the process of getting quotes from supplier.
Prepare request for distribution business
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To prepare for quote process against supplier for products that should be purchased, not manufactured inhouse, use the context menu option Ready for supplier quoting process. The Sales Quote Request and the related item lines will go to ST:2 and will be available for purchase department.
Prepare request for manufacture business
To prepare for quote request against supplier for products that are a part of a structure that should be manufactured inhouse, create a special structure, or copy the structure from the product using the context menu option Create new or copy product structure to item.
None of the components from the special structure will be visible for the purchasers before you have chosen which components to be sent for quoting. This is done in Sales Calculator, which you can find by using the context menu option Sales calculator.
Choose the components to add to the quote by selecting the checkbox in the Request Quote column for every line item.
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Choose the components you want quote on by checking the checkbox in the Request Quote column in each item line.
The purchaser gather one or several supplier quotes, and connect the best offer to the request. This means that purchase price and delivery time will be visible on the request and you may use this information further in the process.