5. Alternate Material

In certain situations it maybe useful to specify material that can act as alternates to a specific material. These alternate material can be used as substitutes.

Thus while the Estimate and Material Requisition may call for one specific material another alternate material maybe procured and used instead.

To setup an alternate Material in the Material Master - click on the tab labelled Material Alternates in the Material Master.

This shows the list of alternates that have been setup as well as allows the user to add other items as an alternate to this material.

From the list labelled Select Material

Choose the Items and Add them to the list of Alternates. Once the Items have been setup as alternates - these are now displayed as Alternate Items when the Master Item is selected in an Estimate, MR or RFQ.

If the Master Item is selected in an RFQ and a vendor offer is submitted for that RFQ, then the item in the Vendor offer can be changed to any of the alternate items

Then when a Purchase Order is created from this Offer - the Item in that Offer will be the Alternate Item.