Price Inquiry
This screen allows you to make ad: hoc enquiries into Item and/or Descriptors for existing Customers and Prospects to determine the current sell price taking into account the comprehensive Pricing Matrix offered in Ostendo. A full path of how the Sell price was evaluated is displayed for your information
Entry and Display fields
Customer/Prospect: Click on either the Customer or Prospect ‘Radio’ Button. Depending upon your selection the next two fields will be enabled or disabled.
Customer: If the Customer ‘Radio’ button is selected then field becomes active. From the drop-down list select the Customer to which this enquiry relates.
Price Level: If the Prospect ‘Radio’ button is selected then field becomes active. From the drop-down list select the Price Level that applies to this Prospect. Pricing Levels are user-defined in Pricing>Settings>Price Levels and represent the level of pricing offered to (say) Retail, Trade, Wholesale, etc
Item/Descriptor: Click on either the Item or Descriptor ‘Radio’ Button. Depending upon your selection the following fields will reflect the selection made.
Quantity: This is prefilled with1 but you can amend the quantity as required. This will be used in any quantity break discounts that may apply to the Item or Descriptor.
Code: Three methods are available for you to enter the specific Item or Descriptor
- Key in the Item/Descriptor number and the program will recognise it
- Click on the drop-down list icon and select the Item or Descriptor
- Click on the barcode icon and scan a linked barcode reader
Unit: For a Descriptor this will display the Unit of Measure held against the Descriptor record. For an Item this will prefill this field with the base Unit of Measure held against the Item record. In this instance you can click on the drop-down icon and select an alternate unit if this applies to the Item. This alternate unit could have a discount and this will be applied to the final calculation.
DescriptionDisplay only field showing the description of the Item or Descriptor
Ex Tax / Incl Tax
Base Sell Price: Display only field showing the Standard Sell Price currently held against the Item or Descriptor.
Unit Price: Display only field showing the evaluated unit Sell Price taking into account the complete pricing matrix. See ‘Price Route’ below
Extended Price: Display only field showing the evaluated extended Sell Price (Unit Price * Qty)
Price Route: Display only field showing how the Sell Price was evaluated. It can be:
Special Priceif a special price exists or
or
Calculated Pricetaking into account:
Price Level entered or Price Level held against the Customer
Price Calculation Method
Quantity Breaks
Price Rounding
Customer specific discount
Inventory Availability: Display only field showing the availability of the item:
Onhand Qty
Supply
Free Qty
Available
Demand
This is broken down by Site Name, Warehouse, Location, and Variants (Serial No, Expiry Date, Batch No, Revision No, Grade, Colour, Size)
Price Levels: Display only field showing the applicable price levels.
Price Level
Unit Price
Buttons
Close: This will close the Price Inquiry screen.
Re: calculate: Whenever you enter or amend any of the information on the screen, click this button to re-calculate the Sell Price.