Create or Clear Alternate Vendors (CAV)

Use the Create Or Clear Alternate Vendors (CAV) utility to create alternate vendors or purge alternate vendors for a range of inventory items. You must have security bit 235 “Add/Change/Delete inventory alternate vendor information (access CAV).”

1. From the Eagle Browser, type CAV in the Launch bar, and press Enter. Alternatively, you can click Inventory Menu, and then click Create or Clear Alternate Vendors (CAV).
2. From the Print Setup page, review the default entries in the fields and make changes if needed.
3. Click .

• If you want to add items' existing Primary or Manufacture Vendors as an alternate vendor for the range of inventory items selected, use option C “Create Alternate Vendors.” You must enter the vendor code you want added as the alternate vendor in the ‘From Alternate Vendor’ and ‘To Alternate Vendor’ fields on the From/To page. For each item matching the other selection criteria, the system checks to see if the value in the from/to alternate vendor matches the item’s Primary Vendor. If it does, then it is added as an Alternate Vendor for that item, using the Order Multiple as the Alternate Vendor’s Order Multiple. If the value in the from/to alternate vendor doesn’t match the item’s Primary Vendor but does match the item’s Manufacture, then it will be added as an Alternate Vendor for that item using the Standard Pack as the Alternate Vendor’s Order Multiple.
• In the "Cost to Use’"field, select the cost you want to use for this new Alternate Vendor.
• To remove an alternate vendor from the items in the selected range of inventory items, use option F “Clear Alternate Vendors.” When using option F, you must enter a from/to alternate vendor and that vendor is no longer associated as an alternate vendor on the items in the selected range of inventory items. 

Running CAV without option C or F prints an information-only report showing the alternate vendor information for the selected range of inventory items.  

4. Click .  A page of fields displays.

• If you are using option C, you must enter the vendor code you want to add as the alternate vendor in the ‘From Alternate Vendor’ and ‘To Alternate Vendor’ fields.
• If you are using option F, you must enter an Alternate vendor in the "From Alternate Vendor’ and ‘To Alternate Vendor’ fields, so that vendor is no longer associated as an alternate vendor on the items in the selected range of inventory items. 

5. (Optional) Click . A page of fields displays. Fill in the desired fields to include or exclude groups of items.
6. (Optional) Click .  A page of fields displays. Fill in the fields if you want to fax the report.
7. Click Run to run the report.