Using Bids in the Order Window

If you have manually entered or imported the bid lists from your suppliers, you can now create your order using Best Bid Price.

 

To Create an Order by Best Bid Price

1. Click Orders    from the Button Bar.

2. Or from the Upper Menu, click Purchasing | Orders.

3. The New Order Worksheet will open.

4. To create a new order, click New.

5. Select the Supplier from the drop down box or Choose All if you create your orders by all Suppliers.

6. In the Default To, click Best Bid Price.

7. Items that have bid prices will appear in blue.

8. Build your order and click Create.
   

 Additional Notes

• If you create your orders using Best Bid Price, Optimum Control will only display the best bid price items based on the lowest cost per Recipe Unit. 
  If you find that the best bid price has selected a supplier but you want to order from a different supplier, right click on the Supplier from the create order menu. Choose the supplier you want and click Select. The new supplier will be listed along with the pricing (or bid price if he has a current one.)

• Best Bid Price searches for active bids only. If bid lists are outdated, they will not display.

• When you receive an order prepared with bid pricing in the invoice window, the pricing will automatically be overridden and the bid prices will be the unit costs.