Discount Templates allow for volume or vendors' customer discounting / vendor commission percentage to automatically apply to a Bill of Materials (BOM) during an import of XML, .SIF, or Copy and Paste importing from Excel. This is especially useful when working with companies that are Government (GSA) or companies that are part of a buying group (Med Assets).
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By assigning a default template, every import of a BOM will automatically be set to use the discount template. This was designed for those customers that are part of a buying group or are a direct bill from your vendor. Only items set up to receive discounts will be discounted at the specified range of values.
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To setup a Discount Template go to Tools > Configure > Custom Discount Templates.
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