Materials and outwork account for a substantial portion of any manufacturer's costs, so it goes without saying that significant savings can be realised by managing your Purchases carefully, ensuring you make the best deals.

QuickEasy provides the functionality for importing supplier prices and enables you to integrate your discount structures into these price lists resulting in true comparative price lists, a valuable resource for ensuring you buy at the best prices.

South African printing companies are able to download paper price lists from local paper merchants directly into their database.

QuickEasy Purchasing will prompt buyers when Inventory items need to be replenished or when material and outwork is required for Work Orders. Purchase Orders can be linked to Work Orders to provide a link for measuring actual costs to what was estimated.

Lots of functionality is also available for tracking and managing outstanding Purchase Orders and as per usual in QuickEasy, your customised Purchase Order can be e-mailed directly to your Supplier.

QuickEasy has many standard reports to assist the buyer; The Estimated vs. Actual report will instantly highlight variances between the actual purchase price and what was estimated, whereas the Purchase History report will provide trends on your how much you spend per product, per supplier etc. - information you could use to negotiate better discounts.

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