just logging once again my wish that we could do the price updates >at the time of PO creation< and not just after they've been received.  the penalty is to small guys who often have to sell stuff out of a shipment before they have time to properly receive it, bad bookkeeping but a fact of life.  we occasionally lose a gob of money on that and it's disturbing. the price update function at receive is very nice, it'd be great if it could be accessed somehow at creation.  the manual editing of items as you go is not efficient enough for expectations of a computer system.

Matthew,
Your request is noted and I do not want to give you any false hope as being the only user requesting this ability, it is unlikely to be in the standard version.
As you do not like the idea of editing the stock codes while creating your PO, another option is to have a PO format designed to export just the stock code and cost to a text file.  You can then use this file as with the stock code update import function to modify all the stock codes on the PO.
Mark Culos
Atrex Support
Email: mark@atrex.com
Website: www.atrex.com  

Matthew,

> just logging once again my wish that we could do the price updates >at > the time of PO creation< and not just after they've been received.  the > penalty is to small guys who often have to sell stuff out of a shipment > before they have time to properly receive it, bad bookkeeping but a fact > of life.  we occasionally lose a gob of money on that and it's > disturbing. the price update function at receive is very nice, it'd be > great if it could be accessed somehow at creation.  the manual editing of > items as you go is not efficient enough for expectations of a computer > system.

Your request is noted and I do not want to give you any false hope as being the only user requesting this ability, it is unlikely to be in the standard version.

As you do not like the idea of editing the stock codes while creating your PO, another option is to have a PO format designed to export just the stock code and cost to a text file.  You can then use this file as with the stock code update import function to modify all the stock codes on the PO.

Mark Culos
Atrex Support
Email: mark@atrex.com
Website: www.atrex.com

I don't think Matthew is alone with his request.
I also would like it.

hmmm...  i'm as positive as i ever am that i've heard this requested before by others.  my confidence in the suggestion box is diminishing...

Matthew,

> just logging once again my wish that we could do the price updates >at > the time of PO creation< and not just after they've been received.  the > penalty is to small guys who often have to sell stuff out of a shipment > before they have time to properly receive it, bad bookkeeping but a fact > of life.  we occasionally lose a gob of money on that and it's > disturbing. the price update function at receive is very nice, it'd be > great if it could be accessed somehow at creation.  the manual editing of > items as you go is not efficient enough for expectations of a computer > system.

Your request is noted and I do not want to give you any false hope as being the only user requesting this ability, it is unlikely to be in the standard version.

As you do not like the idea of editing the stock codes while creating your PO, another option is to have a PO format designed to export just the stock code and cost to a text file.  You can then use this file as with the stock code update import function to modify all the stock codes on the PO.

Mark Culos
Atrex Support
Email: mark@atrex.com
Website: www.atrex.com

Matthew,
It may just be my memory that is dimminishing
You are up to three votes at least and there is always the chance there are a request or two that I have missed counting.
Mark Culos
Atrex Support
Email: mark@atrex.com
Website: www.atrex.com  

to respond to your suggestion though, i spose that's possible but it's not really much less hand work than dropping out of PO creation (um, adding items) to alt-f2 an edit.  the price update function pulls it all together.
actually, the issue is on-the-fly stock management and everything that entails, so price edits are just a part of the work.  item detail edits and item cloning/adding are the rest of that nuisance and if you could figger a way to wrap the whole crummy business into one elegant solution, me and the rest of the known universe would be eternally grateful.
i think i recall one of my simplest suggestions for solving this was to add 'sales price' to the field chooser for window customizations of the PO creation screen.  that would give a scannable list of cost/price comparisons that would at least let you make a preliminary judgement call before you put the PO to bed.