Visibility into total spend (or YTD spend) with any Supplier
Jodi Knepper
Similar to the Customer Lifetime $ spend that can be found on the Contact card > Details > General, I'd like to be able to see the total spend WE'VE spent with each of our Suppliers.
This information would be very valuable in negotiating First-Call Vendor pricing structures or even in getting a little extra Warranty coverage from a Supplier by being able to say, "I'm showing that we've spent $__ YTD (or over the lifetime of our account together). Do you think there's any wiggle room for us to get this Labor Claim honored?"
In my imagination, maybe that info could either be added to the Supplier tab (Contacts > Details > Supplier) or could there be a Protractor Report created to total vendor spend by a date range?
If something already exists that could be tweaked, I'm all ears!
Kim Doble
Absolutely a great benefit to help negotiate with vendors for pricing levels based on our volume.
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Robert Blaes
Important that this will work with Parts Tech, and many of the other online methods of ordering the parts.
Jodi Knepper
Robert Blaes, should be able to total anything posted to a Payable Account (or credit card, check, etc, for those who do their bookkeeping in Protractor).