Tip of the Month for: January 2012

Switching Primary Vendors in Inventory Maintenance

Another new change to Answers 4.2 will allow you to change the Primary Vendor (the vendor that is defaulted on orders) on an inventory item within Inventory Maintenance.   This will allow you to quickly change not only the vendor number, but also change the vendor's cost, part number, minimum order quantities, and auxiliary descriptions (if used).

To perform this change (and already have had set up the alternate vendors earlier), you will need to click the "down arrow" button next to the search button next to the Vendor Number field.   This will bring up the Alternate Vendor Search window, which will allow you to select any of the five alternate vendors that you may have previously setup.  

Once the alternate vendor is selected, you might be prompted with the option to switch the auxiliary description with the alternate vendor auxiliary description.   This will only prompt if you have used the alternate auxiliary description.

After the selection has been made, the former "primary" vendor will now become an alternate vendor and the alternate vendor that was selected is now the "primary" vendor.