Fix order from supplier with lowest cost

There have been a few posts regarding the 'order from supplier with lowest cost' that we are supposed to have. When generating PO's the option to order from the supplier with the lowest cost does not work. Is there any provision in the works to fix this? This is a VERY important feature and the fact that it still does not work is very disappointing. I have to go through hundreds of items to check costs, which should happen automatically as basic purpose of ordering with a POS system.

It would be helpful to get feedback from MS on the status of fixes and suggestions so we (end users) can plan accordingly. I would hate to spend a lot of time writing a workaround to this problem if a fix is on the way. If it is not, why would you put it in as a feature, then not fix it after numerous releases, service packs and hotfixes?

Marc Beverly's Pet Center

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Marc MG
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There have been a few posts regarding the 'order from supplier with lowest cost' that we are supposed to have. When generating PO's the option to order from the supplier with the lowest cost does not work. Is there any provision in the works to fix this? This is a VERY important feature and the fact that it still does not work is very disappointing. I have to go through hundreds of items to check costs, which should happen automatically as basic purpose of ordering with a POS system.

It would be helpful to get feedback from MS on the status of fixes and suggestions so we (end users) can plan accordingly. I would hate to spend a lot of time writing a workaround to this problem if a fix is on the way. If it is not, why would you put it in as a feature, then not fix it after numerous releases, service packs and hotfixes?

Marc Beverly's Pet Center

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Todd Berger [MSFT]

Hi Todd,

There has been another post to this group relating to this feature not working correctly. Below are the answers to your questions.

2.0.0110

Only items from selected primary suppliers : I check off 2 suppplier names Order from supplier with lowest cost

Every week I generate 2 PO's from my 2 major suppliers using this method.

Two PO's are generated. When reviewing the PO's some items are not on the PO for the vendor with the lowest cost. This is confirmed by going down the PO and opening item detail screens to the Supplier tab and checking costs from the 2 suppliers. I have not been able to discern any specific pattern causing the incorrect items.

What is the algorithm for the decison? Is is a simple comparison of supplier costs? I am being forced to to manually mark the cheaper supplier as primary and started ordering by primary supplier only. Unfortunately, this is a PIA and not easily maintained when I import updated prices. Hopefully you can figure out what I am doing wrong or we can get the bug fixed. It would be a great incentive for renewing my upcoming maintenance plan :)!!

Regards,

Marc Rosenberg Beverly's Pet Center 954.322.1112

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Marc

Todd,

I searched back and found the other poster that was having the same problem. I have pasted it below.

Marc

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Purchase order generation rules are not followed by RMS Manager 1/5/2008 12:00 PM PST

By: OlyBikes In: microsoft.public.pos

When I generate a purchase order according to reorder information and to order from the supplier with the lowest cost, Manager does not always order from the supplier with the lowest cost. I can verify this by clicking through the ILC on the purchase order, clicking the supplier tab and the cost info on the two suppliers shows that the cheapest one is not the one that the PO is generated for.

Any idea what is going on and how to fix it?

Thanks!

______________________________________________________

Larry Leveen OlyBikes Bikes, Parts, Repairs & GREAT Customer Service!

124 State Avenue NE Olympia, WA 98501
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Marc

Hi Todd,

There has been another post to this group relating to this feature not working correctly. Below are the answers to your questions.

2.0.0110

Only items from selected primary suppliers : I check off 2 suppplier names Order from supplier with lowest cost

Every week I generate 2 PO's from my 2 major suppliers using this method.

Two PO's are generated. When reviewing the PO's some items are not on the PO for the vendor with the lowest cost. This is confirmed by going down the PO and opening item detail screens to the Supplier tab and checking costs from the 2 suppliers. I have not been able to discern any specific pattern causing the incorrect items.

What is the algorithm for the decison? Is is a simple comparison of supplier costs? I am being forced to to manually mark the cheaper supplier as primary and started ordering by primary supplier only. Unfortunately, this is a PIA and not easily maintained when I import updated prices. Hopefully you can figure out what I am doing wrong or we can get the bug fixed. It would be a great incentive for renewing my upcoming maintenance plan :)!!

Regards,

Marc Rosenberg Beverly's Pet Center 954.322.1112

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Todd Berger [MSFT]

Todd,

That would be great, I hope you are right. I will try it out tomorrow. I will post back the results.

Thank you,

Marc

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Marc

Todd,

I generated a set of orders the way you proposed. First, with using the 'selected' supplier as opposed to the 'primary' supplier option, PO's are generated for suppliers other than the ones selected if they have a lower price. I don't know if that is a feature or a bug, although it is something I can live with. Unfortunately, there are still a few items that come up on the PO of the supplier with a higher price.

Any further suggestions?

Marc

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Todd Berger [MSFT]

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