To assign secondary buy lines to a product:Assign secondary buy lines to a product to purchase it from vendors offering the product in generic brands or as commodity type items. By purchasing a product in this way, you can contribute towards meeting each of the associated vendor's targets.
To assign secondary buy lines to a product:
From the Files menu, select Product to display the Product Maintenance screen.
Display the product to which to assign secondary buy lines.
Use the Add'l hot key and then the Secondary Buy Lines hot key to display the Secondary Buy Lines screen.
In the Buy Line column, enter the secondary buy line to assign to the product.
In the Buy Pkg field, enter the buy package quantity integral in which the product is purchased within the buy line.
For example:
If set to 6, the product is purchased in quantities of 6, 12, 18, 24, and so forth.
In the Div field, enter Y to permit the product to be purchased in an amount less than the vendor's buy package quantity; otherwise enter N.
Repeat steps 4-6 for each secondary buy line to assign to the product.
Note: To re-sequence one of the buy lines, use the Sequence hot key.
Press Esc to save changes and exit the screen.
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