Supplier Contract Pricing

2 | Introduction to Supplier Contract Pricing Policy

This article outlines the concept of Supplier Contract Pricing and how they can be configured within BackOffice. Supplier Contract Pricing is a module that has the ability to enforce Product Cost Prices that are negotiated or an agreed price, by the organisation and by the Supplier. The Supplier Contract Pricing contains all of the Prices of Products that are provided by the Supplier/s. NB: Supplier Contract Pricing is available from Bepoz v4.7+.

This article outlines the concept of Supplier Contract Pricing and how they can be configured within BackOffice.

Supplier Contract Pricing is a module that has the ability to enforce Product Cost Prices that are negotiated or an agreed price, by the organisation and by the Supplier.

The Supplier Contract Pricing contains all of the Prices of Products that are provided by the Supplier/s.

NB: Supplier Contract Pricing is available from Bepoz v4.7+.

Supplier Contract Pricing Implementation

 

  • To use Supplier Contract Pricing the system must be authorised for the Supplier Contract Pricing Module
  • To check if your system is authorised, follow these steps after logging into BackOffice:
  1. Click on the Authorisation button at the top of BackOffice window
  2. This will open an Authorisation window
  3. If the Supplier Contract Pricing flag is enabled, the system is authorised to use the Supplier Contract Pricing Module
  4. Once the system has been authorised, the Supplier Contract Pricing Module will appear within the Menu sidebar in BackOffice
  • If you are not currently set up for Supplier Contract Pricing and would like to be, please contact your Bepoz retail office

Venue Maintenance Purchasing Policy
  • Within the Venue Maintenance, a Purchasing Policy under the External Links tab displays
    • This will allow Operators to set a Preferred purchasing policy per Venue which applies to Posting Purchase Orders and Receiving Purchase Orders

            

Purchasing Policy

Description

Lowest Price, Preferred Suppliers Only
  • If this is selected, it will force the Store(s) to use:
    1. The Preferred Supplier code with the lowest available cost price, otherwise
    2. Use the Global Products preferred Supplier code with lowest available cost price, otherwise
    3. Use the Product code from the preferred supplier with the lowest available cost price
  • If there is no preferred supplier set, the product cannot be ordered and a 'No Preferred Supplier exists' message is displayed for that product when selected.
  • If an attempt is made to order a product from a non-preferred supplier, the product cannot be ordered and a 'Not Preferred Supplier' error message is shown for the product when selected
Lowest Price, Preferred Suppliers
  • If this is selected, it will force the Store(s) to use:
    1. The preferred supplier product code with the lowest available cost price, otherwise
    2. Use the global products preferred supplier code with the lowest available cost price, otherwise
    3. Use the product code from the preferred supplier with the lowest available cost price (If no preferred supplier, forces the product code from the supplier with the lowest available cost price)
  • If an attempt is made to order a product from a non-preferred supplier, the product can be ordered and a warning message 'Not Preferred Supplier, Are you sure you want to proceed? (Yes/No)' message is displayed for that product when selected
    • If yes, it will add the product
    • If no, it will not add the product to the Purchase Order
Lowest Price, All Suppliers  If this is selected, it will force the product code from the Supplier with the lowest available cost price, if not then purchase order functionality works as it does currently
Off This is the default, and if it selected, purchase order functionality work as it does currently
 

 


Operator Maintenance Supplier Contract Pricing
  • Only Operators with the appropriate privilege level can use the Supplier Contract Pricing Module
  • To check Authorisation for an Operator or to add the privileges for an Operator
    • Open the Operator Maintenance window for the selected Operator
    • Under the Stock Control tab, there are multiple flags implemented, these are the below description

            

 

Flags

Descriptions

PO Create Variance Limit
  • This is the maximum percentage variance from the contract price allowed per line on a PO Create that this operator can Post
    • 0.00 means no limit, set to 0.01% for no variance allowed
Receipt Create Variance Limit
  • This is the maximum percentage variance from the contract price allowed per line on a Receipt Create that this operator can Post
    • 0.00 means no limit, set to 0.01% for no variance allowed
View Supplier Contract Prices
  • Allows access to Supplier Contract Pricing screen (read-only)
Maintain Supplier Contract Prices
  • Allows access to Supplier Contract Pricing and able to Add, Edit, Delete and link Price file records
Import/Export Supplier Contract
  • Allows access to Supplier Contract Pricing tab and import/export price files
Maintain Supplier Links
  • Allows access to Add, Edit and Delete 'Supplier Links' and ability to set preferred supplier

Getting Started
  • This section will guide you to Add, Edit, and Delete Price File manually per line in Supplier Contract Pricing
    • However, there are alternative ways to speed up the process by importing/exporting Price File; this will be in the Import/Export Price File article
  • Once you have set the configuration in BackOffice, you can begin to Add, Edit and Delete Price File in Supplier Contract Pricing, follow these steps below
    1. Navigate  to Stock Control in the Side menu panel
    2. Select the Supplier Contract Pricing options
    3. A Supplier Contract Pricing tab will display

 

Add/Edit and Delete Price File
  • Select the Add Price File Entry button, it will display a list of suppliers for you to select
  • Select the Supplier and click on 'Select Supplier'
  • An Add Supplier Price Product window will display
  • From this point, you need to select 'Set Local Product' function; this will create a record for the Local Product(Bepoz Product) for the Product in the Supplier Price file
    • On the 'Local Product' screen, the operator selects a product, however, a Supplier Link must be created using the Supplier Product code
    • The operator can select the 'Add a New Product' button to create a new product record
    • N.B.: when creating a new product, the operator must have the Supplier Pricing table (Supplier ID, Supplier Name, Supplier Code, Supplier Product Description, Cost Ex), and then a supplier link must be created add a pricing record from the Supplier

  • After selecting a product from the Local Product, it will prompt you to select the Size of the product; highlight the size and select the 'Select Size' button
  • In the Product Settings, the Operator needs to fill in the mandatory fields:
    • Venue
    • Store
    • Supplier
    • Supplier Code
    • Start and End date (the date on which the agreed pricing ends)
    • Order Size Bar-code

  • If any of the above mandatory fields is left null, an error message will display
  • To Edit a price file record, the Operator will need to select a product from the Supplier Contract Pricing and click on 'Edit Price File Entry'
  • This will open up a window with details pre-filled
  • To Delete a price file record, the Operator will need to select a product from the Supplier Contract Pricing and click on 'Delete Price File Entry'