???Hi,
 
We are trying to create one list or base price, which we have been able to accomplish, using the generate base price feature in DBA. Once we have base prices, we wish to create several discount schedules by product class based on quantity discounts (not dollar value discounts). We have used the Price Codes feature to create a discount schedule based on quantity but it
appears that we must do this for each part number.  
We would like to create these discount schedules based on an entire product class.  
 
Is there a way to create these discount schedules by product class rather that by individual product?  
 
Also it appears that each customer must then be
"activated" to these Price Codes in the AR section under Enter Customers.  
 
Can each customer have multiple price codes and can the additional of these price codes to all customers be automated, or de we need to add these multiple codes one at a time to each customers?
 
 
We are moving to version 2002.4 (from 2000.1 PF6) soon. Would the newer version have an easier way of doing this, or not?
 
TIA!
 
Val

Pricing structure and logic is the same in 2002.4.  You can set up Discount Codes rather than price codes if you have a percent discount per item class - it is easier to maintain than all the separate Price Codes.  Each customer can belong to only one Price Code and only one Discount Code.  So if Customer A gets 30% off on item 1 and 20% off on item 2 then Price Code 1 for item 1 would be 30% off and Price Code 1 for Item 2 would be 20% off.  Price Code 1 does not need to be the same percentage for all items.  It just needs to be whatever the customer gets.

Hi Lynn,
 
Our CEO says:
 
Well thanks for the info.  Basically I already knew about the Discount Code and it would be great because it does pricing by item class but it uses a dollar value to create the discount and not a quantity - we really really need quantity, not $ value discounts.  
 
Lynn, is it at all possible to think that we could somehow change this $ value in the discount code to a quantity?  Know of any way to do what we need to do?
 
Thanks,
 
Val (& Thom)

If you have to use Price Codes and have a lot of them, I do have an Import Price Code program as an add-on you could use to get them into the file.  See www.isstechsupport.com/addonsales.asp

Val,
 
I'm sorry if this seems rude or presumptuious...but you need CEO level support to buy something that costs $425 for a year???
 
I cannot understand why there are companies that cannot get their heads straight and spend a tiny (TINY) amount of money to get a pretty decent bang for it!!
 
If they tried to do the same thing with their equipment, they would likely be out of business in a few months when it all fell apart, but they can't seem to make the connection that IT and IS and related services/consulting/support....etc...is the same...just another form of essential equipment to the business...
 
OK, stepping down from my soapbox now.....

Well, thanks for the rants.  But our new CEO is a pretty reasonable guy, and with the proper justification he'll spend the $$ even though it isn't budgeted.   I have to ask for stuff like this (for nearly anything IT related) because the owner (not the CEO) is the person who's nixed off most of my IT budget--every year.  (Won't get into that any further!)  I am very well acquainted with managing my networks on a shoestring budget.   I hate it, but it's what I've always had to do.
 
Anyway, I have a question:  we ARE going to subscribe, BTW .  And, I wanted to know if anyone has used the Import Price Codes program and if there's possibly either a demo or more documentation on it that we can see before we buy?  Also, the import sales orders because we have a web store now, are re-doing the web store, and would LOVE to be able to use something like this instead of having to re-enter everything into DBA.
 
AND, BTW, I have given the CEO enough Ra! Ra! ISTech Support!   to get him interested in learning more about the updates offered for DBA as well.
 
Val

  Thank you, kindly!
 
Val