Road Map: AP Price Variance Report

Use the AP Price Variance Report (NPV) program to print a report for your login branch that compares the PO unit cost with the invoice cost. See Background for more information.

Before you run this program each time

You should run these programs in this sequence:  

  1. PO Maintenance (VOE) to enter purchase orders.

OR

Requisition Maintenance (IRM) to enter requisitions and release them to create purchase orders.

OR

Order Release Selection (MRR) to release purchase requisitions that were created by the planning system.

  1. Receiver Maintenance (IRC) to receive the items into your stockroom if you are using direct-to-stock receiving.

    AND conditionally

    Receiving and Inspection (IRI) to enter inspection results for items that require inspection or to receive if you are using dock-to-stock receiving.

  2. AP Invoice Entry (NE) to enter vendor invoices and print the AP Invoice Register.

You may also have run one or more of these programs in this sequence:

  1. Vendor Payments (NC) to select invoices for payment and print the Cash Requirements Report.

  2. (Conditional) Check Print (NCP) to print checks.

  3. AP Payment Register (NCR) to print the AP Payment Register and update the general ledger.

You may also have run:

  • AP Transaction Archive (NEX) to print a listing of invoices and fixed expenses with a balance of zero and move them to history.

Before you run this program the first time

You should run these programs:

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Accounts Payable Options) to set the AP interfaced to purchasing? and AP/Purchasing variance % options.

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Enterprise Options) to select a date display format for your enterprise, Branch Maintenance (TBM) to select a date display format for your branch, or User Maintenance (UIM) to select a date display format for an individual user.

  • Enterprise Item Maintenance (IM) to set up items for your enterprise.

  • Branch Item Maintenance (IMB) to set up items for your branch.

  • Item Cost Maintenance (ICM) to enter standard material costs for your branch and optionally add incremental overhead and outside service costs.

  • Vendor Maintenance (VM) to set up vendors.

  • Vendor Price Maintenance (VMM) to set up vendor-item prices.

  • Output Device Maintenance (XDM) to set up the output devices that you plan to use.

  • Date-Output Device Maintenance (ZE) to select your default output device and set whether you can override that device.

After you run this program

You will most likely run these programs in this sequence if you have not already done so:

  1. Vendor Payments (NC) to select invoices for payment and print the Cash Requirements Report.

  2. (Conditional) Check Print (NCP) to print checks.

  3. AP Payment Register (NCR) to print a batch of payments and update the general ledger.