Assigning Vendor Targets

Because transporting small shipments is not cost effective, you may want to define a specific dollar amount, total shipment weight, number of pieces, or total shipment volume that your purchasing agents must purchase from a vendor. Then when a purchasing agent enters a purchase order that does not meet the required amount, the system will not release the purchase order.

Only a user assigned the FREIGHT.TARGET.OVERRIDE authorization key can release purchase orders for which the defined target has not been met.

The Include Directs In Vendor Target Check When Printing a P/Ocontrol maintenance record controls the target check for vendor minimums on purchase orders and direct sales orders.

To assign vendor types:

From the Maintenance menu, select Vendor to display the Vendor Maintenance window.
In the Vendor field, enter the vendor's name to display the vendor record.
Select Additional Vendor Information to display the Additional Vendor Information dialog box.
For the Vendor Minimum and Vendor Prepaid Freight Amount fields, define the vendor target types in the corresponding Target Type field, enter one of the following target types:

Target Type	Description
$ - Dollars	The dollar amount. Enter up to nine digits, a decimal point and two more digits, such as 3225.50.
# - Weight	The value assigned to a product in the LBS/ field on the Product Maintenance window. Enter up to four digits, decimal point, and as many additional digits as are defined in the Number Of Digits Of Accuracy For Product Weightcontrol maintenance record.
P - Pieces	Any of the units of measure defined for a product or buy line. Enter up to twelve digits with no decimal point. Use whole numbers only.
L - Load Factor	The cubic dimensions of a product or the point value of a product, as displayed on a vendor specification sheet. Enter up to seven digits, a decimal point, and up to four more digits, such as 2321.4500.

Advance to the next field, or save your changes and exit the dialog box.