Use this report to evaluate your vendors by comparing this year's purchases to last year's.
The report displays the following purchase totals, based on the report's as of date:
Month-to-date.
Last year's month-to-date.
Year-to-date.
Last year's year-to-date.
It also calculates month-to-date and year-to-date variance percentages between the two years.
You can sort the report in different ways and determine your better vendors.
From the Reports > End of Month Reports menu, select Vendor Purchase Comparison to display the Vendor Purchase Comparison Report window.
In the Vendor Home Br/Tr/All field, enter the vendor home branch or territory to be included in this report. Type All to include all branches and territories.
In the Purchasing Branch field, enter the purchasing branch or territory to be included in this report. Type All to include all branches and territories.
In the As of Date field, enter the date of the period to be included in this report. The default is the current date. You can change the default by entering a calendar date or a variable date in this field.
In the Sort by field, designate whether to sort the report data by Vendor, MTD$,
In the Only Show Top field, enter the number of vendors to be listed to limit the report to listing just your top vendors.
In the Report Currency field, select a different currency to print the report in a currency other than your company's base currency.
In the Calendar/Fiscal field, indicate whether to use calendar or fiscal periods in calculating the month-to-date and year-to-date figures for the report. The default is Fiscal.
In the Ship-From/Pay-To area, indicate whether to include ship-from or pay-to vendors in the report. The default is Pay-To.
In the Suppress Accts area, indicate whether to exclude vendor accounts with no activity from the report. The default is Yes.
In the Include Blank Home Br (Y/N) area, indicate whether to include vendors with no home branch assigned on this report. The default is No.
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