Point of replacement

Point of Replacement or Point of Reorder ( POR ), which means something like "the point at which an order should be made again", is therefore a reorder point .

In this type of materials management system , for example, the punch card is the most important component of warehouse management . The perforation of the punch card usually represents the article number. The card itself is provided with various information such as B. the article number, the price , the article color and others; this data is often stuck on. In most cases, there is at least the same number of punch cards available, depending on the quantity of items, although these may differ in shape, color or lettering. Above all, the differentiation in the color of the punch card serves to easily identify when a minimum stock has been reached or the last item of this product in the range.

use

If a card is removed, it is stored in a central location so that the article can be reordered. This is read into the computer with a card reader and the article is reordered. The computer calculates the new order quantity from the maximum storage time and the quantity sold. Often in the re-order, however, a quantity of items is ordered based on feeling / experience, but this is very risky because the items ordered must of course be paid for and can be used before they are sold. B. expire.

Location pharmacy

In pharmacy materials management , the ABDA punched cards are the most important component, unless PoS is used. The card is in the drawer in front of a drug. An ABDA card only supports seven characters and in this sense contains the central pharmaceutical number . Since the pharmaceutical central number has been expanded to eight characters, it will no longer be possible to use ABDA cards where the eight-digit article number does not begin with a zero. If an article is no longer available, there is a (last) yellow card in the card slot, which makes it easier to find the storage location in the register / main alphabet and at the same time signals a necessary reorder.

advantages

• In the event of a possible computer failure, work does not have to be interrupted.
• Data is only required when ordering.

disadvantage

• The exact inventory is never known.
• There may be problems with an inventory.
• An IT system cannot react quickly enough to possible changes in inventory (e.g. automatic reorders).
• Statistical evaluations are imprecise (e.g. peak times of sales or determination of required / planned reorders and quantities).

See also

• Materials management
• Materials management policy
• Material purchasing, procurement
  • Procurement principle
  • Order policy
  • Consumer
• (Computer) systems:
  • Merchandise management system
  • Enterprise Resource Planning
• Analysis methods:
  • ABC analysis
  • XYZ analysis
  • Value analysis
  • Material flow analysis
  • Inventory segmentation
• Pharmacy:
  • Pharmaceutical central number