Purchase Order Layout

[tonycox]

Hi
I have upgraded to Sage 2011 Proffesional Version 17.0.15.208, to handle our increase in sales orders and also to start using the purchase order module.
The purchase order templates that come with the program are very poor ( not what I expected ) so I have created our own layouts.
We buy various materials that have units of sale i.e. each , metres, length etc, I cannot see which variable to insert on the purchase order for this. So if I order cable I need to state on the purchase order 100 / metres. Can anybody help me with this ?

Also the price list function for suppliers is ok for differing prices from different suppliers, but different supplier shave different order codes, I think it will only allow one supplier product code per product, is this correct ?

Thank you

Tony

[iStevie]

Hi,

To display the Unit of Sale (i.e. EA, M, 100M, KG) you could use the expression POP_ITEM.UNIT_OF_SALE which will display the value entered in the purchase orders 'Edit Item Line' screen under Units. This is automatically updated with the value you enter in the product record when you add that product to the purchase order.

Unfortunately yes you can only enter one part number/Supplier product code and Supplier Account No in the product record. How we handle this is to only enter the supplier account reference if the product is exclusive to one supplier, and the part no we only add if there is a manufacturer part no. The products product code is our own unique code for the product so if we need to specify a suppliers product code on a purchase order we input it manually into the purchase order screen under additional information etc.

Thanks

Steve.

[brucedenney]

As stevies says, the UNIT field is used for the unit of sale.

Sage 50 has only one supplier part number, and one supplier for each product.