[CourtneyNHS]

Hi,

I am curious if there is a way to assign multiple vendors to an item. It is bulky to have to constantly change vendor item codes and vendors in certain situations. It would be a great feature to be able to change a large section of items from one vendor to another without having to go one by one to complete the task. Does anything like this exist in this program?

Thanks,
Courtney

[RetailEdge Moderator]

Courtney,

The short answer is that there is no way to assign multiple vendors to a particular item. This is something we have considered many times in the past and although it is a nice feature, it really adds to the complexity of the program. We really try to keep the program as simple as possible and at the same time add as many features as possible. I have listed below how the vendor assignment works in RetailEdge and I think that it will help you.

1. The vendor field in RetailEdge is the Preferred Vendor. This is the vendor that the item is associated with in inventory and if you are doing something like autogenerating POs based on a particular vendor, this is the vendor that would be used to create the POs.

2. The vendor can be changed for items during receiving. This will not change the preferred vendor, but will allow you to receive and keep a record of the same item being received from multiple vendors.

3. You can select multiple items from your inventory list and press the Add to PO button. This will allow you to create a new PO or add to an existing purchase order and assign a different vendor for all the items being added. This will allow you to receive different items with different preferred vendors to a single different vendor.

This will help you track your orders and receiving for the same item from different vendors. However, if you really want to track sales of a particular item from different vendors, then you would want to create different items with different preferred vendors. If we had multiple vendors assigned to a particular item we would have to either make assumptions about what vendor to associate with an item when it is sold (LIFO/FIFO) or ask the clerk which vendor to associate with a particular item during a sale (which is impractical).

Hope this helps.

If you provide us with additional information about what you are specifically trying to do, I will try to provide you with additional information that might help.

Hi,

I am curious if there is a way to assign multiple vendors to an item. It is bulky to have to constantly change vendor item codes and vendors in certain situations. It would be a great feature to be able to change a large section of items from one vendor to another without having to go one by one to complete the task. Does anything like this exist in this program?

Thanks,
Courtney

[CourtneyNHS]

Bill,
Thanks for the reply this helps. Basically I was trying to see if there was a way to store different Vendor Item codes to an item without having to create multiple instances of the same item. The ability to change the vendor when receiving solves our mystery.
Thank You,
Courtney