Vendor Hierarchy - Who's on First?

Definitions:

What is an "Ecatalog Vendor"

When is a Vendor Hierarchy present and what does it mean to me?

The Vendor Hierarchy is only present when two or more vendor provide the store with the exact same product. If your store only has one vendor, the theory does not exist.

Menu Abbreviation	Full Name	Meaning	Example
Primary	Primary Vendor	The primary vendor is the vendor default vendor from which you order product.
Always PV	Always Primary	If multiple vendors offer similar product line ( Do it Best and Orgill), the "Always Primary" vendor will be designated as the PVPN and the other vendor(s) will be assign SVPN.	Do it Best, Orgill, and United Hardware Do it Best = Always Primary Orgill = Primary United = Primary If the item where added from the ecatalog, the following vendor relationships would result: PVPN = Do it Best SVPN = Orgill SVPN = United Hardware If the item where added from the ecatalog, the following vendor relationships would result for the exact item from all three vendors based on UPC. PVPN = Do it Best SVPN = Orgill SVPN = United Hardware
Scndry	Secondary Vendor

Comp Orders

If the store has vendors that provide same products

Primary

Does this vendor have a catalog
present in TransActPOS?

The Ecatalog for a vendor should contain all the available products offered within their catalog of items. For TransActPOS Communicating Vendors, this information is downloaded to the Ecatalog through the IOR process specific to the vendor. The True Value and the Do it Best IOR communication automatically update each evening with the most current merchandise information. Emery Jensen, House Hasson, Orgill and United Hardware require the user to invoke the communications at the current time.