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Main Supplier:
This is the main supplier for this product. Enter the number or start of the name to do a search (or press F1).

Any purchases created automatically by the system will use this supplier unless manually changed. Any purchases entered for this product will use the product and costing information entered on this screen.

Supplier Part No:
If the suppliers part number varies from our own then enter it here, maximum of 40 characters. The supplier's part number can be printed on purchase orders.

Supplier Description:
If the supplier's description varies from our own enter this here, it also can be printed on purchase orders.

Lead Time:
Enter the products lead time in days (ie: the time between ordering the stock item and actually receiving the product into stock).

The lead time entered here is used for calculating the due date on purchases and also for re-ordering and stock holding calculations.

If no lead time is specified then lead time entered in the supplier record will be used.

Pack Quantity:
Enter the pack quantity - only if it isn't the default of 1.
When purchasing goods the system will remind you of the pack quantity.

Supplier List Price:
The list price should be entered in the supplier's pricing currency, this will be displayed to the right of the price.

If you receive a discount from the supplier enter the gross price here and the discount % in the Supplier Disc% field (see below).

When an order is created for this stock item the default price on the order will be the supplier list price (less any supplier discount entered) in the supplier's pricing currency.

Supplier Discount%:
Enter any discount% received from the supplier here.

Costing Multiplier:
The multiplier field can be used to "gross" up the supplier list price so that the Landed Cost (see below) includes costs such as duty, freight and warehousing.

The default multiplier is 1.00.

Cost Price:
This shows the current cost price at the current branch. If the quantity on hand is less than or equal to zero then the replacement cost is displayed.
To change the cost price see Changing Stock Costs.

Replacement Cost:
This shows the current replacement cost, based on the replacement cost method used; see "Utilities - Modules - IN" for details.

You can also access the Stock Re-order Levels from this screen (shortcut: Alt-R).