Order Cycles is where you setup your orders, specifically, when you place your order and when your order is received. Every organization has some sort of cycle of ordering. For example, you can order produce every Monday afternoon and it is delivered every Wednesday morning, and order beer and wine on Wednesdays and have it delivered on Fridays.
If the vendor is set up to use order cycles, set up cycles for every cost center assigned to that vendor. Oracle Hospitality recommends not using order cycles if the vendor is prone to changing the schedule frequently. It is easier to enter dates manually than it is to change dates in Order Cycles for multiple stores. Also, if stores typically place orders over a period of a few days (for example, Monday through Wednesday) and have all deliveries on a day later that week (for example, Friday), order cycles are not recommended since orders cannot be booked outside of the schedule.
Parent topic: Maintenance