How do I Allocate a Supplier to a Part by Stock Group?

Summary

This article will explain how you can assign/allocate a supplier to items items in Platinum that are assigned to a stock Group. This is a very quick bulk way of assign a supplier to stock items.

More Information

In order to be able to assign the supplier to a stock item using the stock group you will need to go to; " Stock Control Maintenance Options Price & Cost Changes Sales/Cost Price Changes".

• On the "Price Code to Alter :" press <F3>, which will change the " Price Code to Alter :" to "Supplier to Alter :".
• It is here where you enter in the 'Supplier Code' that you want to allocate on to the stock items.
• Press <F2> to accept the 'Supplier Code' which will then bring up the "Based on Price Code :" field.
• Press <F3> will change "Based on Price Code :" to "Based on Supplier :".
• Press <↓> key twice to place you onto the "Stock Group :" field.
• Here enter the stock group which you are going to use as a base to apply the Supplier Code to.
• After Checking the details that you have entered press <F5> to accept the changes, which will then stamp the Supplier Code you entered against all items in stock that are stamped with the Stock Code that you entered.

If you want to check the changes prior to posting them you can press <Shift+F5> which will list on screen the stock items in the stock group Entered.

Remember: That the changes here are bulk and before proceeding to allocate the changes your details are correct. As there is no bulk way of changing this process.

See Also

• How do I find a stock code?
• Creating a Stock Item
• Creating Stock Groups
• Adding Supplier Information to a Stock Code

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Keywords AND Misspellings

Supplier, Stock, Group, Allocate, Add, Assign, Part