When you purchase vehicles from specific vendors, their data can be maintained in the vendor module.

You can use this module to generate vendor reports for mailing as well as a Rolodex style lookups if you sell vehicles wholesale. When a vendor is added to this list, you can pick them from the Vehicle Inventory screen. This allows sorting of vehicles by vendor.

The Details tab will show you contact information as well as detail of Current purchased units, Sold units, average cost, days in stock, days to sale, repairs and current balance.

The Current Units tab will show a list of vehicles that are currently in your stock for the selected vendor and the payment status, i.e. paid or not, of those units. The expenses are show below in detail for each unit as it is selected.

The Sold Units tab will show a list of vehicles that have been sold from your stock for the selected vendor and the payment status, i.e. paid or not, of those units. The expenses are show below in detail for each unit as it is selected.

The [Vendors] button will print a vendor details list

The [Current] button will print a list of current units for the selected vendor

The [Purchases] button on the lower part of the screen that will print or preview a list of the purchases that you have made from the selected vendor. This list can be used to compare vendors, both for the quality i.e. repairs and expenses by vehicles as well as prices paid for similair vehicles to different vendors.

The [Reports] button calls the report system for purchases module. You can use this to print reports based on various criteria you select on your purchase history.

This module is important in organizing your business, many times you may want to call a vendor and see if they have a particular vehicle or you may sell something on your lot to them because you know they carry that type of vehicle.