Buyer Groups are essentially notification lists for low inventory alerts. You can create Buyer Groups to keep the right people informed of product inventory quantities so they can buy and restock inventory as demand requires it. Buyer Groups can be a useful tool for avoiding unexpected stock depletion.
A Buyer Group is comprised of a list of parts, a list of users, and settings for the email reports the users will receive.
Benefits to You
- Setup email reports for low inventory
information. - Create as many lists of users and corresponding
parts as needed. - Define how often the inventory reports go out
and what will trigger a part inventory alert.
How It Works
Buyer Groups are created in the back end. Go to Portals > Select Customer > Buyer Group.
Steps to set up a Buyer Group:
- Click Add, give the Buyer Group a name and Save.
- Click the created Buyer Group and go to Group
Parts. Use this section to browse and select SKUs to add to the Buyer Group. - Go to Group Users and use this section to select
which users will be sent the email reports. - In the Email Report Setup section you can define
how often the emails will go out and what will trigger a part to be added to
the report.- Back Ordered: Part added to the report when it
goes into back order status. - Min. Qty 1 and 2: Part added to the report when the
quantity drops below the thresholds defined in these part details.* - Expiring Within: Part added to the report when the
expiration date is within the selected number of days. - Net Demand: Part added to the report whenever
there are open orders for the part.
- Back Ordered: Part added to the report when it
*Note: In order to report when inventory has dropped below a quantity threshold, those quantities must be defined in the part’s settings (Min. Qty 1 and Min Qty 2).
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