When the purchase order is received, entrée will compare the new cost of each the item to the current real cost of the item. If there are any items that have a changed new cost, cost and/or prices may be updated during the receipt process. The user must select the update method, that entrée will use when cost changes are encountered, before processing the receipt.

 

1.Click the drop-down menu button next to the Apply cost changes field to display a list of available update methods.

 

2.Select the desired update method from the list.

 

▪ Cost only - AVERAGE method

▪Cost only - NEW method

▪Cost and Price - AVERAGE method

▪Cost and Price - NEW method

▪Manually update Cost and Price

▪No Cost or Price updates

 

 

The user must supply a cost update method. If this field is left blank, an Error message "Please select a cost-change application method" will be displayed when the Continue button is clicked.