Kathy Barthelt / Tuesday, October 6, 2015 / Categories: Infor LN & Baan Tips Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Purchase Inquiry In Baan IV Purchase Control, the purchase inquiry procedure enables the user to: Request a specific supplier to submit a quotation on the purchase inquiry for the delivery of an item. Compare the prices and discounts of the quotations that are submitted by different suppliers. Copy the inquiry data to a purchase order. In LN, you can: Request multiple business partners to submit a quotation on a specific request-for-quotation for the delivery of an item. Compare the received quotations based on the following criteria: Price Quantity Vendor rating Delivery dates RFQ subjective criteria Copy the quotation data to a purchase order, a purchase contract, or a price book. Previous Article BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Shop Order Release Date Next Article BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Receiving to Inspection Print 83881 Rate this article: No rating Kathy BartheltKathy Barthelt Other posts by Kathy Barthelt Contact author Facebook page Twitter Linked In YouTube Website
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