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Function documentationLinking a Vendor SKU to a PLU

 

Store Manager uses PLUs to identify items. These PLUs do not necessarily match the SKU numbers the vendors use to identify the same items. Once you have defined vendor’s SKUs for PLUs, you can create purchase orders or receiving transactions using vendor’s SKUs to identify items instead of PLUs.

Prerequisites

Before you can link a vendor’s SKU to a PLU, both the PLU and the vendor must already be defined. For information about defining a PLU, see Adding and Changing PLUs. For information about defining vendors, see Maintaining Vendor Records.

To add or modify a vendor’s SKU record, you must enter information into the Vendor’s SKU Maintenance window.

Caution Caution

You can only assign a vendor’s SKUs to PLUs if you have checked the Maintain Vendor/SKU check box in the Inventory Parameters Maintenance window.

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Activities

To Link a Vendor’s SKU to a PLU:

  1. On the Main Menu, click Inventory. The Inventory Control Menu window appears.

  2. Click Vendor/SKU Maintenance. The Vendor/SKU Selection window appears. Click New.

  3. To define the ID number of the item’s vendor, click the Vendor ID drop-down list and select a vendor from the list. The Vendor Name field with the description of the vendor displays automatically based on the vendor selected.

    Note Note

    For information about defining vendors, see Maintaining Vendor Records.

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  4. To define the vendor’s unique identification number for the item, click the Vendor/SKU field and type a number, up to 18 characters in length.

  5. To define the item’s PLU, type a number into the PLU/X-Ref field. The Description field defines the description of the item. Store Manager automatically completes this field with the description of the PLU that you enter into the PLU/X-Ref field.

  6. To define the store’s cost for the item from the vendor, click the Cost field and type an amount into the field.

  7. Type an alphanumeric string, up to 100 characters long, into the Note field. This string is related to the vendor’s SKU that you are defining

  8. To define the number of the item in each shipping case, click the Pack Factor field and type a number into the field that represents the number of the items in each shipping case. If you complete this field, this number is used as the package size in purchase orders and receiving transactions.

    Note Note

    To find a PLU, click in the PLU/X-Ref field, and press the F12 key. The PLU search window appears.

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