Jim2® Business Engine Help File

Rank

If you purchase the stock from more than one Vendor, you can rank each one in order of preference, by clicking and holding the on the left of the Vendor line (with the mouse button) to move the Vendor to the required position.

Vendor

This is the Card Code of your Vendor.

Vendor Stock Code

This is the part number that the Vendor uses for this particular stock. It will print on POs to this Vendor.

Vendor RRP

This is the Vendor's recommended selling price for this stock.

Note: This figure is shown as ex GST.

Unit

This is the unit type that this stock is sold in, eg. UNIT, CTN, BOX, etc.

Vendor List Price

The actual price (not including discount) that the vendor publishes. This field will update if a vendor feed comes in with a different price.

Vendor Disc %

This is the percentage discount offered to you by the Vendor.

Vendor Last Cost

This field is calculated from the Vendor List Price less the Vendor Disc%.

Extra Pcnt

You may wish to add a buffer, ie. against packaging, freight, etc., to each vendor stock line. When Jim2 calculates the selling price cost, it will use any percentage nominated here.

Extra Dollars

This is a nominal dollar value increase that you may want to apply to a Vendor Last Cost, to accommodate on-costs.

Estimated Cost

Selling price cost calculation: Vendor List Price - Vendor Discount % - Extra Pcnt. This field will update if a vendor feeds comes in with a different price, or if you alter any of the other fields in this tab.

Exchange Rate

The currency exchange rate, if applicable (only available if you have Multicurrency option)

Currency

The currency you are transacting in (only available if you have Multicurrency option)

Last Updated

This field is updated under the following circumstances:

1.If users manually change the Last Updated field, typically when they manually update the Vendor Last Cost field in the event of a price rise from the vendor.

2.If users do a stock sync to update the Last Cost field on multiple records.

3.This field is updated from a vendor feed.

Note: If this date is later than the last received purchase order or stock adjustment, it will update the Last Cost field on the Pricing tab. It can also be updated from a vendor feed.This field needs to be manually updated.

Due Days

This shows how many days before this stock will be available from the Vendor (manual entry).

Qty in Stock

This shows the Vendor's current “Stock on Hand quantity (manual entry).

Lead Time in Days

Lead time in days is used in Stock Procurement in the calculation to determine what is required to be purchased, and when. For example, do I need to purchase this stock right now if it has a 6 week shipping time. It does not drive the due date on a purchase order.