Consolidate Orders for Better Price Break Opportunities

You can evaluate price break opportunities and consolidate planned orders to reduce costs.

If you have many planned orders created for ordering the same item, you can consolidate all of them into a single order. However, the orders must be in the Ready for Release or Marked for Release status.

Consolidate Orders

To consolidate orders:

1. In the Buyer Planning work area, Overview tab, click on a status bar of the planned order bar chart.

   you see the Order Lines view on the Buyer Planning tab.

2. Select an order line.

   You see the Order Details view on the Buyer Planning tab. The order details are based on the supplier-site-location combination.

3. Select orders you want to consolidate.
4. Click Consolidate Orders.

   Selected orders are merged into a single order. The consolidated orders icon appears for the order. The weight and quantity of the items in the orders are summed up into a final weight and final quantity.

View the Consolidated Quantity and Weight

By default, the Final Weight and Final Quantity columns are hidden on the Order Details view. To see the final weight and final quantity after consolidation, do this:

1. Click the column icon to the right of the Order Details table.
2. On the Column UI, search for the Final Weight and Final Quantity columns.
3. Select the check box before the column name and close the UI.

   You now see the Final Weight and Final Quantity columns on the table.

Remove Consolidation on Orders

Use the Unmark for Release action to remove consolidation on orders. Here’s how you do it:

1. Select a consolidated order.
2. From More Actions, select Unmark for Release.

   The orders are unconsolidated into separate orders. The statuses of the orders change to Ready for Release.

You can also use the Unmark for Release action to:

• Ungroup the orders.
• Remove orders from the Marked for Release status back to the Ready for Release status.