Setup - Purchase Groups
Choose Setup - Store - Purchase Groups from the Main Menu.
This will open the Purchase Group Setup form.
  • Purchase Groups are used for grouping Items in Bins together for ordering purposes.
    (Every item is attached to a Bin using Inventory - Item Maintenance.)
    For instance, you deal with a Vendor that supplies Tobacco, Groceries and Sundries.
    If you only want to do a Grocery Order  you would specify the 'Grocery' Purchase group from within the Order Sheet before compiling it.  Then you will only see items in Bins that are attached to the selected 'Grocery'  Purchase Group.

To do this, first setup all the Purchase Groups necessary.

  • Then setup and link any Bins that have groceries in them to the  'Grocery' Purchase Group field.

  • To select a Purchase Group to edit, click on it's record on the left hand side of the form.
  • Click on the 'Save' button to Save the record.
  • To add a new record, click on the 'New' button and fill in the new Purchase Group number and description. 
    Click 'Save' to save the new record.
  • To remove a Purchase Group click on the 'Delete' button. 
    If the parent Purchase Group contains any 'child' Bins, the operation will not be allowed.
Here is an explanation of the columns (field names) in the table.
  • Purchase Group ID - Use a unique, non zero number for the ID. The Purchase Group Numbers can be any size and need not be sequential -
  • Description - Give the Purchase Group a unique short description that will allow you to identify it at a glance.