Field Definitions: PO Vendor Materials Form

The following is a list of field descriptions for the PO Vendor Materials form. Many of the descriptions include links to other topics that provide additional information about or related to the topic.

Vendor

Enter the vendor (from AP Vendors) that this material cost override applies to. The vendor’s name displays to the right of this field.

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Material Group

Specify the material group to set up material cost overrides for.

All companies assigned this material group (HQ Company Setup) will be eligible for the material discounts specified here when buying the materials from this vendor.

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Material

Enter the material that this cost override applies to. The material’s description, as assigned in HQ Materials, displays to the right of this field.

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Unit of measure (UM)

Specify the unit of measure that the cost override for this material applies to.

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Vendor's Matl ID

Enter the number by which this vendor identifies this material. This number will be used as a cross-reference to the HQ Material number.

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Description

Enter the vendor’s description of this material, up to 60 characters.

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Cost Options

Indicate the cost option that will be used to calculate material costs for this vendor/material.

Standard Unit Cost - Select this option if the standard unit cost specified for this material in HQ Materials will be used to calculate material costs. (The Std Unit Cost for this material displays to the right of the Vendor’s Mat’l ID.) This option would be used if there is no override, but you want to identify the vendor’s material number or substitutes.

Vendor’s Unit Cost - Select this option if the vendor’s unit cost, specified to the right of this field, will be used to calculate costs for this material.

Standard Book Price Less Discount - Select this option if costs for this material will be calculated using the standard book price specified for this material in HQ Materials, less the discount specified to right of this field. The Std Book Price for this material displays to the right of the vendor’s material description.

Vendor’s Book Price Less Discount - Select this option if costs for this material will be calculated using the vendor’s book price (specified to the right of this field), less the discount specified above.

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Unit Cost

Enter the vendor’s unit cost for this material.

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ECM

Specify which quantity the vendor’s unit cost represents:

  • E – Cost is per each unit.

  • C – Cost is per 100 units.

  • M – Cost is per 1000 units.

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Discount Percent

This field is for use with both the Standard Book Price Less Discount and the Vendor’s Book Price Less Discount cost options.

Specify the discount rate that will be used to calculate the default cost for this material when purchased from this vendor (PO Purchase Order Entry).

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Book Price

Specify the vendor’s book price for this material. This price will be used in conjunction with the Discount Percent specified above to calculate costs for this material when purchased from this vendor (PO Purchase Order Entry).

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ECM

Specify which quantity the vendor’s book price represents:

E = Cost is per each unit.

C = Cost is per 100 units.

M = Cost is per 1000 units.

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JC Co#

Only use this field if you want to set up material cost overrides, by job, for this vendor/material.

Enter a JC cost company.

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Job

Only use this field if you want to set up material cost overrides, by job, for this vendor/material.

Specify the job for which you are setting up this material override. The company specified here must be assigned the same Material Group that is specified above. The job’s description displays to the right of the job.

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Cost Opt

Only use this field if you want to set up material cost overrides, by job, for this vendor/material.

Specify the cost option for this job. The cost option specified here will override the standard cost option specified for this vendor/material.

1 = Unit Cost

2 = Discount

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Unit Cost

Only used for the ‘Unit Cost’ cost option. Specify the override unit cost that will be used to calculate costs for this material when purchased from this vendor for this job.

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ECM

Specify which quantity the override unit cost represents:

E = Cost is per each unit.

C = Cost is per 100 units.

M = Cost is per 1000 units.

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Discount

Only used for the ‘Discount’ cost option. Specify the discount rate that will be used to calculate material costs for this material when purchased from this vendor for this job. The discount will be applied to the Vendor’s book price if it exists, or to the HQ standard price.

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Substitute Material ID

Enter the vendor’s identification number for this substitute material.

This material may be substituted by the vendor, should the original material be unavailable for any reason. The identification number specified here can be cross-referenced to the corresponding HQ material if the HQ Material number is not entered on the PO.

Note: This material identification number is not validated, nor is it checked for uniqueness across materials.

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Description

Enter a description of this substitute material, up to 30 characters.

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