dhpos and multiple vendors?

[jim]

Hello!

we just bought a biz from some 78 year old ladies who were still doing everything by hand and we need a solution with one unique feature. We are doing pos for a collection of 40-50 different vendors and need to code each item to a specific vendor. for example, a customer may check out with 5 items from 5 different vendors. many items are artwork and not barcoded so we have to type a breif product description. developing an inventory file from all the vendors would be a nightmare at content changes frequently and we are talking about a lot of items. right now, the checker takes a 2-part manual form and writes the vendor number, description, and price for each item. then, twice a month, somebody manually goes back through each ticket and seperates sales by each vendor and cuts each vendor a check. there is obvuiosly a better way. the trick seems to be how to designate a different vendor for each item on the ticket. since we won't have an inventory file or stock numbers, could we use the stock number as a unique number for each vendor and then spit out reports grouped by stock number which would give us sales by vendor for each period? any better ideas?

thanks - Jim

[Dale Harris]

Jim,

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