Inventory Alternate Suppliers tab

Topic overview

Items can have more than one supplier by adding alternate suppliers to the list on the Alternate Suppliers tab, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1: The Alternate Suppliers tab

With the View Main Supplier Info check box checked, the main supplier is displayed on the first row. The main supplier can only be edited on the Information tab.

Some tab functions work in relation to the window's Toolbar.

The Alternate Suppliers columns are detailed in Table 1.

Item	Details
Preferred	The column on the left shows the status of each line as Preferred Supplier, Alternate Supplier or Barcode number.
Supplier	Displays the Supplier name.
Part Number	Some items here might have multiple barcode numbers because they are supplied by different manufacturers or distributors. You can add as many different barcode numbers as required here and when you scan an item with any one of the numbers, it finds the correct item.
Currency	When using *Multi-currency, the currency selection box just below the Supplier* grid allows displaying main supplier information in different currencies. The default is the currency of the inventory item.
Price	Displays the price.
Extra	Displays the extra cost.
Freight	Displays the freight.
Duty	Displays the duty.
Landed	Displays the landed cost.

Table 1: The Alternate Suppliers grid columns

Note: When creating a purchase order, System Five uses the correct part number for the chosen supplier on the purchase order. This ensures the supplier gets the order with their own part number.

Customizing Alternate Suppliers Tab Grid

You can choose to hide and unhide columns within the Alternate Suppliers Tab by right-clicking on the table and select customize, as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2: The Alternate Suppliers tab w/ customization option

Grid Options window will pop up, as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3: The Alternate Suppliers tab Grid Options

Each column i.e. Preferred, Supplier, Part Number, etc can be shown, hidden and can be customized. System Five has the ability also to protect users from showing/hiding columns in grid options whose visibility should not be modified i.e. Currency and Unique columms, as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4: Currency and Unique are greyed-out

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