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Pricing Currency:
Enter the currency that stock sourced from this supplier is priced in.
The default is New Zealand dollars (NZD).

Any stock sourced from this supplier will have the Supplier List price expressed in the Pricing Currency.

It is possible for a supplier to have a Balance Currency of $NZD and a Pricing Currency in another currency such as $AUD. Orders and the Supplier's List price for all stock sourced from the supplier would be expressed in $AUD but all other transactions would be in $NZD.

Automatic Price Updating:
When receipting goods into stock the computer can automatically update the supplier list price recorded on each stock items to the entered price.

The options available include:

Yes/prompt: If the price changes the user will be asked to confirm if they want to update the supplier list price.
No: The list price is never updated.
Automatic: The list prices are updated automatically without user intervention.

The default price updating is determined in Utilities - Module: Accounts Payable.

Default Discount:
Enter the default discount this supplier gives you for all products (if applicable).
Only enter a value here when the supplier list prices recorded on stock items are exclusive of any discounts.

Costing Multiplier:
This is the default multiplier that will be used to calculate the landed cost of stock items that are sourced from this supplier.

The multiplier specified here will only be used as a default, individual products sourced from this supplier can override this value.

Supplier List Price: 24.5000
Costing Multiplier: 1.3500
Landed Cost = 33.0750 (24.50 * 1.35)

This landed cost calculation can be used to calculate the replacement cost of the stock. See Utilities - Module: Inventory for "replacement cost" options.

Default Lead Time:
The lead time entered here applies to all stock sourced from this supplier. The lead time can be overridden by individual stock items.

The lead time is used to calculate the estimated due date when ordering goods, typically the due date will be the order date + the lead time.

The lead time is also used to estimate stock levels for suggested re-ordering purposes.

Last Order Reference:
Reserved for future use.

Minimum Order Value:
Enter the minimum order amount that this supplier will accept (if applicable). When entering purchase orders you will be warned if the value is below the minimum.

Main Shipping Method:
Enter default shipping details here - only if they are specific to this supplier.

Order Stationery Form:
By default all suppliers use the same purchase order layout. If you have created multiple different layouts then you can select the alternate layout here. See Utilities - Stationery Layouts for more details.