Functionality
It often happens that one product can be ordered from several suppliers. Usually, you will choose the most advantageous, but there are also other conditions you can look at. The multi-supplier function must give you the flexibility you consider per product. For example, it will help you with the following:
Delivery problems: Less dependent on one supplier;
Price advantage: You always choose the cheapest;
Question: The fluctuation in demand also makes it easier to deal with more suppliers;
Strategic: Better negotiate with suppliers (Price, delivery time, etc.) because they want to distinguish themselves from the competition
How do I add a supplier to a product?
This feature is accessible via the product and purchase page.
Be mindful of expanding the product so you can select the supplier you want to use. To edit these settings, press the "Edit" button above all the suppliers.
(Don't see the option? Please get in touch with us)
In the image above, you can see how this window appears in front of you, which contains the product data per supplier. These are the settings you can change on this page:
Preferred: This is where you can set your preferred supplier or if your integration allows, it will be set automatically.
Available: If you don't want to purchase a product at all (even if the stock is negative).
Availability Date: This option will be visible if the product is phased-out.
Product name: You can change the product name here.
sku: You can change the sku for the product here.
Lot size: Adjust the Lot size here if you work with boxes of more than one unit.
Ean You can change the Ean code here.
MOQ: Adjust the minimum order quantity if your supplier requires a minimum order amount.
Product lead time (days): Even if the average lead time (delivery time) from the supplier is different than the product's lead time you can adjust this information here but the product lead time takes priority over the supplier's lead time for this product.
Weight: If you work with containers you can adjust the value of the product here.
Volume: If you work with containers you can adjust the value here.
Purchase price: You can change the purchase price but take into account that Optiply will not distinguish between a product that was purchased at a different price in the past and you may notice this impact in the inventory value since to Optiply, all the stock of that product was bought at the new price.
In addition, Optiply indicates a consultancy supplier based on the data entered.Think of the: order period, delivery time, and purchase price.
Note: if your source system can deal with multiple suppliers per product (e.g., Exact Online or Exact Globe), it is more sensible to keep this information. Optiply synchronizes this information. If you have any doubts about this, please get in touch with us.
A template of the .csv file can be found here.
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