Minimum Version Required: 22.06
Steps
How Suppliers/Brand Family Areas work:
By default, all Products can be sold in a Distribution Area. Supplier and Brand Family Areas can help limit Products from a Supplier or Brand Family in specific distribution areas. Supplier/Brand Family Areas work in tandem with the other product controls.
When to set up Suppliers/Brand Family Areas:
Supplier and Brand Family Areas are commonly set up based on branding rights. These records are added to limit the products sold in a distribution area.
Steps to limit a Supplier/Brand Family from a Distribution Area:
Using Universal Search, navigate to the 'Suppliers Areas' or 'Brand Families Areas' table.
Click the 'Add [Suppliers/Brand Families] Areas' button.
Select the Supplier/Brand Family wanting to limit.
Select the Distribution Area.
Ensure Active is set to False.
Enter the Company Name in the field provided.
Click 'Add Record' when complete.
Fields And Definitions
Supplier Area - Desginated distribution area in which products from a supplier can or cannot be sold.
Brand Family Area - Desginated distribution area in which products from a Brand Family can or cannot be sold.
Distribution Area - A geographical area in which product is distributed.
Best Practices
Supplier/Brand Family Areas are setup with inactive records to limit products sold in these Distribution Areas.
Users do not need to set up active Supplier Area records.
Users can create an inactive supplier area record and an active brand family area to allow a single or a few brand families to be sold under a supplier area that is inactive.