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Added Cost Receipts vs Landed Cost

Acctivate includes both Landed Cost and Added Cost Inventory Receipt transactions.  Landed Cost allows you to allocate a vendor bill automatically to multiple inventoried items.  Added Cost Receipts are simply Inventory Receipts entered with a zero quantity, but a non-zero amount.  Landed

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Using Landed Cost

Landed Cost can be entered using the Purchase Order if the cost is from the same vendor, or by the Landed Cost function if from a separate vendor. Option A) Landed Cost from original PO vendor Additional fees on the

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Landed Cost Factor

The Landed Cost Factor is used in calculating the Landed Cost per item. In the event a certain item takes up the majority of the cost, you may want to increase or decrease the allocation factor of a specific item.

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Landed Cost

Landed Cost is the total cost of a landed shipment including purchase price, freight, insurance, and other costs up to the port of destination.  It may also include the customs, duties, and other taxes levied on the shipment. The Acctivate Landed Cost function allows you to allocate these costs across one or multiple Purchase Orders, Receipts,

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Suggested Inventory Reorder Quantity

Acctivate uses a complex formula to determine the Suggested / Recommended Reorder Quantity per warehouse for each product. This Quantity is visible on the Reorders tab of Business Alerts.  The Suggested Qty is also the default PO Qty when using

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Configure Default Accounts Payable GL Account

When utilizing multiple Accounts Payable GL Accounts, users can either manually select the proper account each time they create a PO Invoice or a default can be set. These options will only be available to you if you have multiple

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Cancel a Drop Ship Purchase Order

If you have already created a Drop Ship Purchase Order but now need to delete a line item off a Sales Order, you can accomplish this by following these simple steps: Change the Status of the related Drop Ship Purchase

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How to change Drop Shipments

How to change Drop Ship Purchase Orders If a Vendor makes a change to the Drop Ship Purchase Order, you can modify the quantity or cost of the Drop Ship PO by selecting to edit the Purchase Order, provided the

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Overstated Accrued Purchase Receipts

You should regularly check the balance of the Accrued Purchase Receipts (formerly known as Purchase Suspense) account.  It should be equal to the inventory receipts that have been posted without a corresponding purchase invoice. You can review Inventory Receipts posted

Posted in Accounting, Purchasing, Reports

Resize and maximize Acctivate windows

Acctivate  features several windows that users are able to maximize and resize at their convenience to view more information at once. The system also has the ability to remember the size of each window for when it is reopened at a

Posted in Business Activity, Configuration, Customer, Inventory, Purchasing, Reports, Sales
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