Using Quotations

Instead of entering duplicate quotation information, the user can identify a reference quotation item/vendor relationship. The figure below illustrates this reference quotation structure.

Reference Quotations

Two fields, a reference quotation part number and a reference quotation vendor number, are defined on the item/vendor relationship record.  That gives three ways of defining a reference item/vendor relationship by entering:

·     A vendor number only.

·     A part number only.

·     Both a vendor number and a part number.

If only a vendor number or a part number is entered, the second variable is taken from the current item/vendor relationship to define the reference quotation item/vendor relationship.

Each item/vendor relationship can have either direct quotations or reference quotations, but not both.

Considerations

This feature can be used for parts which follow the same pricing policy independent of their own characteristics.  For example, an electronics vendor could offer the same pricing terms for all resistors, regardless of the individual characteristics of each (ohms, heat resistance, power requirements, etc.).  Thus, one quotation record would be entered for resistors, and all resistor item/vendor relationships would use that record as a reference quotation.