Creating a New Order Cycle

Oracle Restaurants recommends not creating order cycles for longer than a few months at a time or over holidays. In situations such as these, you modify the order cycle to accommodate scheduling conflicts.

1. Click Maintenance, and then click Order Cycles.
2. Click Create Order Cycle, select a Vendor, and then select the Cost Center to assign order cycles.

   To show a list of available vendors or cost centers, place the cursor in the corresponding field and press the Enter key.

3. Enter the following information, and then click OK:

   • Purchase Date: Select the day the actual purchase is submitted to the vendor. If the purchase date runs for multiple weeks or months, select the day of the week the goods are purchased.

   • Lead Days: Enter the days between the order and the delivery.

   • Delivery Date: Select the date the goods are delivered to the cost center. If the delivery date runs for multiple weeks or months, select the day of the week the goods are delivered.

   • Valid until: Select how long the order cycle continues. For example, you can set up the order cycle to recur for months or until the end of the year.

   • (Optional) Reference: Enter any additional information in this field.