Blackpurl

This article will cover what the feature Inter-Store Look Up is / what is needed to have it setup and where it is available in Blackpurl 

The Inter-Store Look Up can be setup for both Parts and Units 

Inter-Store Part Look Up / Inter-Store Unit Look Up

The scenario would be:

• Dealerships that have 2 or more stores with Blackpurl

• Store 1 may wish to see if Store 2 has a particular part available which they may want to sell to their customer instead of having to order the part in from the relevant Vendor
  
  The Inter-Store Parts Look Up will allow Store 1 to see if this part is available at Store 2 
  
  

• Store 1 may wish to see if Store 2 has a particular unit available which they may want to sell instead of having to order the unit from a relevant Vendor 

The Inter-Store Unit Look Up will allow Store 1 to see what units are available at Store 2

• The notification of what the other stores have is for available quantities only 

Parts example - Store 2 may have a quantity of 10 in stock but 8 of those are allocated / committed to jobs they already have in the system so the available quantity that will show is 2

Keep in mind that the look up functionality will give the quantity available at that particular time of using the Inter-Store Look Up 

Unit example -The list will only show those units that are available for sale at the other store

Any unit that is committed to a Customer Order Unit Deal will not list in the Inter-Store Unit Look Up

Keep in mind that the look up functionality will give you a list of the units available at that point in time
The other store may sell the unit you are looking for in the mean time

Remember the other stores will continue to sell so the available quantities / units available will change so it is a good idea to double check before you official request the item from the other store 

Set up for Inter-Store Look Up

Dealerships are to reach out to BP Support by emailing support@blackpurl.com and requesting the Inter-Store Look Up functionality and provide the following information:

• a list of stores that they want to include in their Group / Collective
  
  These stores will be known as Members of the Group

• the name of their Group / Collective 

BP Support will escalate this request to our development team who will setup the Group / Collective and enable the Inter-Store Look Up feature in Blackpurl at the relevant stores 

BP Support will then advise the user who made the request when this setup is complete and available for use

Inter-Store Parts Look Up - Where is it available in Blackpurl?

Once the setup is completed, the Inter-Store Parts Look Up is available on Part Records and on line items on Customer Order

This is what you are looking for -

Once the above option is clicked on, the information is obtained and will indicate how many items are available in the Members of the Group

Examples below:

Part Record

When the user clicks the it will list the Members of the Group and what available quantity they hold

Customer Order - Line Item 

After the user has added the part as a line item in any section of a Customer Order this option will also appear and it will list the total available quantity that the other Members of the Group have

In our example we have added a part to a Cash Sale > Parts & Accessories Customer Order and it is indicating that the total available quantity at the other Members of the Group is 4

When the user clicks the it will list the Members of the Group and what available quantity they hold

Tip: 

This is Inter-Store Part Look Up only 
Currently if the Dealership is looking to transfer the parts between stores, then it would need to be done by selling the part on a Customer Order to the store that wants the part and then a VO/VR / VI at the store that is receiving the part 

Inter-Store Unit Look Up - Where is it available in Blackpurl?

Once the setup is completed, the Inter-Store Unit Look Up functionality is available from the Other Tools menu in the Blackpurl Header

Once you have clicked on the Inter-Store Units Look Up feature your screen will look like this - totally blank ready for you to start your search 

Once you have typed in your keyword in section A. / change the Group or Collective name as required in section B. / then it will list the units that meet your search criteria

In the example below I used the keyword "unit" and it provided me with the list of units that meet my search criteria / what store they are at and all other details relevant ie Make and Model etc 

Once you have your search result you can filter it even further by using the

Simply click on this option and then it will give the user further information about the search result ie Store / Make / Colour / Year 

The number listed next to the item, will indicate how many ie Store (3) means that the search result has 3 stores that make up the list 

If you want to see further information, click on  to open up that section for further filtering ie I only want to see the units at specific stores

Tip: 

This is Inter-Store Unit Look Up only 
Currently if the Dealership is looking to transfer units between Dealerships, then it would need to be done by selling the unit on a Customer Order to the store that wants the unit and then UNT - Unit Ordering at the store that is receiving the unit