This article will cover what the feature Inter-Store Part Lookup is / the setup required / where it is available in Blackpurl 


Inter-Store Part Look up - What is it


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 use instead of having to order the part in from the relevant Vendor 


The notification of what the other stores have is for Available Quantity


Store 2 may have 10 in stock but 8 of those are allocated / committed to jobs they already have in the system


Set up 


Dealerships are to reach out to BP Support by emailing support@blackpurl.com and request Inter-Store Part Lookup and provide the following information:


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


  • the name of their Group  


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


BP Support will then advise when this setup is complete and available for use


Where is it available in Blackpurl



Once the setup is completed, each of the relevant stores / Members of the "Group" will notice this new option to and once the information is obtained, this will be the indicatoron a few Blackpurl screens



This option will indicate the total available quantity of this part that the collective Members of the  "Group" have 



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 add 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 Lookup 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 CO to the store that wants the part and then a VR / VI at the store that is receiving the part