Edit Product Supplier

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Overview

The Edit Product Supplier screen is opened by the Add or Edit buttons on the Inventory>Suppliers tab.

Main Menu>Manage My Inventory>View & Manage My Inventory>Suppliers

The caption of the screen changes to Add Product Supplier when a supplier record is being created.

Use this screen to associate multiple suppliers with a product or make changes to the selected supplier's purchasing information or status.

Description of the screen

Local SKU

• displays the value of the Local SKU field of the product inventory record
• this field cannot be edited

Product Name

• displays the value of the Item Name field of the product inventory record
• this field cannot be edited

Supplier

• select another supplier of the product from the list

Supplier's SKU

• manually enter the Supplier's SKU or use one of the Same as: buttons to enter a value in this field

Same as:

• Local SKU – sets the Supplier's SKU to the same value found in the Local SKU field
• Item Name – sets the Supplier's SKU to the same value found in the Product Name field on this screen

Unit Cost

• the price paid to the supplier for the product

Quantity On Order

• displays the number of units currently on order with the supplier

Supplier's Barcode

• enter the barcode the supplier uses for the product

Primary Supplier for this SKU

• select this box to designate the selected supplier as the Primary Supplier of the product
• BEWARE: this box is selected by default when a new supplier is being assigned to a product and the supplier presently designated as the Primary Supplier will no longer have that distinction

Supplier's Purchasing Rules Section

Order by the:  

• Piece  –  this is the default and most common setting; it indicates that the product is ordered from the supplier in single units
• Lot  –  this selection indicates that the product is ordered from the supplier in multiple unit lots or cases
• Piece in Fixed Lots –  this selection indicates that the product is ordered from the supplier in multiple units lots

Minimum Order Quantity

• enter the minimum number of pieces or lots that must be purchased from the supplier at one time in the text field

• choose the appropriate purchasing unit by selecting the Pieces or Lots radio button

Purchasing in Quantity Lots Section

Pieces per Lot

• enter the number of product pieces that make up a lot

Cost per Lot

• enter the cost of a lot of the product

Supplier's Lot SKU

• enter the SKU the supplier assigns to a Lot of the product

Lot Barcode

• enter the barcode of the Lot SKU

Lot Name

• select an alternate name for "Lot", as required by the supplier

Save

• when all information has been added or changed on this screen, select Save to put the changes into effect

Cancel

• select this button to abandon the changes and leave this screen

Additional information

Created: 5/17/12

Revised: 7/28/15

Published: 08/19/15