Re: multiple item codes same item

[Marc Rohde <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have you looked at using "s-numbers"     to define the product?  This
should handle things like color and size.
 On Apr 14, 2014 1:12 PM, "j w" <jeffwill91@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi List.
> I am hoping someone out there can point me in a direction.
>
> We currently have a product for our example lets call it ABC we buy this
> product from 3 vendors. In order to track costs and different package sizes
> we currently have multiple item codes on the system for it.
> We will put the package size and the vendor into the item code. But really
> they are the same physical item.
>
> So it would like this:
> ABC-55CE
> ABC-55GL
> ABC-16BBCE
> ABC-16BBGL
>
> We are now running into a lot of issues with this. We are looking for a way
> to streamline this into a way we can just have ABC in the computer and then
> select the package size and vendor instead of making them part of the item
> code.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
>
> Jeff Williams
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