Master Records > Vendor Inventory

The system allows you to cross-reference your inventory item records against your vendor’s part numbers, item descriptions, prices and units-of-measurement. With the Vendor Inventory feature, you can easily compare vendor prices for a particular item and select alternative vendors for an item. On the other hand, you can also use this feature to view all the items supplied by a particular vendor. These records allow you to see which vendors offer a wider range of inventory items.

In the Purchase Order module, the following functions use this feature as described below:

oCreate Purchase Order by Vendor / Create Purchase Quote by Vendor

The system will automatically specify the unit price offered by the related vendor as the default unit price.

Note: If the Use Vendor Item# for PO Entry checkbox in the Settings page of the Vendor Maintenance function screen of the related vendor is marked, the system will allow you to enter the vendor part number of the inventory item.

oCreate Multiple Purchase Orders / Create Multiple Purchase Quotes

The system will automatically set the vendor who offers the best price as default vendor when you enter an item with an inventory vendor record. You can accept or amend the default vendor number suggested by the system.

The system allows you to set up inventory vendor records as follows:

•By Item

•By Vendor

Vendor Inventory

Vendor Inventory

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