Vendor Status

What is an Items 'Vendor Status' and how does it change and effect Studio Designer.

Vendor Status is a view option available when looking at your Item listings.  The status controls many filter and view options.  Valid options for Vendor Status are:

• Hold
• 1 RFQ
• 2 RFQ Received
• 3 Ordered
• 4 Acknowledged
• 5 Invoiced

Let's look at each in more detail:

• Hold:
  • A manually selected status that can be used to help filter Items;
    
    
• 1 RFQ: 
  • Automatically updates when '1 RFQ' is clicked on the Vendor Status view of the Item listing or;
  • A date is entered and saved in the 'Request for Quote' field in the Item-> Codes tab.
• 2 RFQ Received:
  • Automatically updates when '2 RFQ Received' is clicked on the Vendor Status view of the Item listing or;
  • A date is entered and saved in the 'Quote Received' field in the Item -> Codes tab.
• 3 Ordered:
  • Automatically updates when an Order is created;
• 4 Acknowledged:
  • Automatically updates when '4 Acknowledged' is clicked on the Vendor Status view of the Item listing.  Date is populated with current date.

• • Or a date is entered and saved in the 'Order Acknowledged' in the Item ->  Codes tab.

• 5 Invoiced:
  • Automatically updates when a Vendor Invoice # is entered and saved on the 'Item' detail tab.

Additional Filter options for 'Vendor Status':

When filtering out certain items in your 'Vendor Status' view, several other variables are there to help you.  These are not variables controlled by the user, but rather ones meeting certain conditions:

• 3 Ordered Deposit Due: 
  • Item 'Vendor Status' = '3 Ordered' and,
  • Vendor order reflects a deposit is due.
• 3 Ordered Balance Due:
  • Item 'Vendor Status' is '3 Ordered' and,
  • Vendor order reflects a balance is due.
• 5 Invoiced Balance Due:
  • Item Vendor Status is '5 Invoiced' and,
  • Vendor order reflects a balance is due.