Using Price Synchronization

The following explains how the Multistore Price Synchronization feature works when you add an item in Inventory Maintenance.

Adding items that don't yet exist in any store

When you're adding an item that doesn't yet exist in any store, the item is added to the system as if the "Keep Prices Same In All Stores" option in Options Configuration is set to N.  This is true when adding from either the Stocking or Load tab of Inventory Maintenance.

Adding items that already exist in another store(s)

• If the item already exists in another store(s), and the "Synchronize prices" field is set to Y (or O if the option " Default for WinIMU "Synchronize Prices" flagThis is the default value for the "Synchronize Prices" field in Inventory Maintenance, the Pricing tab.  When the Synchronize Prices field is set to O ("use E4W option") in Inventory Maintenance, the system uses the value in this option.  For example, if an item's Synchronized Prices field is set to O, and this option is set to Y, then that item would have its price synchronized across all stores, because the system would obey the Y from this option." is set to Y), and the "Synchronize Costs" field is set to Y (or O if the option " Default for WinIMU "Synchronize Costs" flagThis is the default value for the "Synchronize Costs" field in Inventory Maintenance, the Pricing tab.  When the Synchronize Costs field is set to O ("use E4W option") in Inventory Maintenance, the system uses the value in this option.  For example, if an item's Synchronized Cost field is set to O, and this option is set to Y, then that item would have costs synchronized across all stores, because the system would obey the Y from this option." is set to Y), the pricing and cost data for the item that was just added is based on the existing stores’ pricing and cost information. In other words, the item is added as if the "Keep Prices Same In All Stores" option in Options Configuration is set to Y.

• If the item already exists in another store(s), and the "Synchronize prices" field is set to N (or O if the option " Default for WinIMU "Synchronize Prices" flagThis is the default value for the "Synchronize Prices" field in Inventory Maintenance, the Pricing tab.  When the Synchronize Prices field is set to O ("use E4W option") in Inventory Maintenance, the system uses the value in this option.  For example, if an item's Synchronized Prices field is set to O, and this option is set to Y, then that item would have its price synchronized across all stores, because the system would obey the Y from this option." is set to N), and the "Synchronize Costs" field is set to N (or O if the option " Default for WinIMU "Synchronize Costs" flagThis is the default value for the "Synchronize Costs" field in Inventory Maintenance, the Pricing tab.  When the Synchronize Costs field is set to O ("use E4W option") in Inventory Maintenance, the system uses the value in this option.  For example, if an item's Synchronized Cost field is set to O, and this option is set to Y, then that item would have costs synchronized across all stores, because the system would obey the Y from this option." is set to N), the pricing and cost data for the item that was just added is not established. Instead, you'll set prices manually in the Pricing tab of Inventory Maintenance. In other words, the item is added as if the "Keep Prices Same In All Stores" option in Options Configuration is set to N.

If only one of the "Synchronize" fields is set to Y (or O when the default Synchronize option in Options Configuration is Y) and the other "Synchronize" field is set to N, the prices or costs (whichever one is set to Y) are synchronized with the prices/costs of the existing item. For the "Synchronized" that is set to N, you must manually set the prices/costs in the Pricing tab of Inventory Maintenance.