Using Vendor Purchases

1. At the Vendor field, enter the six character vendor ID code to inquire about one vendor.

If you are uncertain of the vendor code, see Navigating Net Yield - Selecting a Vendor ID code.

You can also enter a mask to run the inquiry for a range of vendors or all vendors (//////). Press Enter.

2. At the (I)ncoming or (H)istory field, select I (I = incoming) to generate the report based on incoming purchase orders or select H (H = history) to generate the report based on completed purchase orders. If you press Enter at this field without making any entries, the system will bring you back to the Vendor field.

3. At the Single Item (Y/N) field, enter Y (Y = yes) if you want the system to display a single item; enter N (N = no) if you want to display a group of items.

4. What you enter in at the Item field depends on how you answered the Single Item (Y/N) field above.

• If you answered Y (Y = yes) at the Single Item (Y/N) field, enter the item group for the item you are inquiring about. Press F3 to display a Select An Item Group window where you can select the appropriate item group for the item and then select the item.
• If you answered N (N = no) at the Single Item (Y/N) field, enter in the item mask for the inquiry.
• If you press Enter at this field without making any entries, the system will bring you back to the Vendor field.

Note: If the selected item group contains only one item, that item will automatically default into the item field.

5. At the Beginning and Ending Date fields, enter in the beginning and ending purchase dates to be included in the inquiry, or press Enter to accept the system default date.

6. At the Sort field, a Select A Sort window appears and displays the following choices:

• Vendor-PO – Sort by vendor ID code then the purchase order number.
• Date-Vendor-Item – Sort by received or expected date, then vendor ID code followed by item code.
• Item-Date-Vendor – Sort by item ID, expected, or received date, and then vendor ID code.

Select how you want the inquiry to be sorted.

7. All purchases of the selected item between the specified dates for the selected vendor(s) will be displayed on the screen.

The following fields will display:

• Date – The expected arrival date if run for incoming purchase orders or the purchase order completed date if run for history of purchases
• Ref # – The purchase order number
• Vendor – The vendor ID code.
• Item – The item ID
• Pounds Received – Pounds received if run for history: pounds ordered if run for incoming purchase orders
• Prod UN Cost – The purchase price per unit
• Other UN Cost – The per unit cost of any additional charges on the purchase order
• % Shrink – The shrink percentage applied to the item purchases of shrink is set to using in Purchasing Options.

8. Command options will appear:

• Print – Select Print to print or choose from a set of other print options.
• Exit – Select Exit to exit the option.
• Next Page/Prior Page – Select Next Page/Prior Page to move forward or back one page (if there are more than one page of items).

Note: If no records are found, the message "Nothing found for selected parameters!!! Press Space Bar" will display.

Use the Available Actions link below for more information.

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