Learn how to assign specific print order items to external vendors, manage drop-shipping, and track costs and delivery dates within the w2p2print system.
Video Transcript
In this video, we're going to look at assigning orders to vendors.
First, you must of course configure a number of vendors in the w2p2print system.
But once they're configured, you can assign individual items in orders to different vendors.
Here for example is an order that contains two items, an outdoor banner and a rollup banner.
Now, let's assume that you produce a rollup banner in house.
But very large outdoor banners, you want to send out of house to be manufactured.
To assign an outdoor banner to an external vendor, simply scroll down to the section labeled vendors.
And here we will see one row for each item in the order.
All we need to do to assign a vendor to this item is to choose an already configured vendor from this dropdown menu.
And then, you'll have the option to choose whether or not you want the ABC company to drop ship to your customer or to ship it to you.
When you assign this banner to the ABC company, you may know that their cost when they invoiced you is for example $25.
This is not the cost that the customer is going to pay you, it is the cost that you will pay to the vendor.
You are also able to assign a delivery date for the item.
And you can add a purchase order number if you are working with purchase orders.
Finally, simply hit the update button to save your changes.
Here we are back to the order details.
And here you can see in the column vendor that this order is being marked as being assigned to the ABC printing company.