Product aliases allow for products to appear with an Alias on the Purchase Orders printed and on Vendor Shipping Labels rather than displaying the full product description from the Master Product List. This option must be enabled from the Purchase Order Options.

1) Go to Setup >> Products >> Product Aliases.

2) Click on the Manage Vendor Product Aliases link.

3) The Vendor Product Aliases window will appear. Click on Add Product Alias, complete the corresponding information and click on Continue to finish.

4) To edit an alias already created just go to the Actions column and clicking click the Edit link. A pop up window will appear displaying the information that can be edited. To delete a product alias, just go to the Actions column and click on Delete. A confirmation window will appear, click on Yes, Continue to delete the alias.

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Once the option to add product aliases is enabled, users will be able to add or edit them from the following screens, provided that the product lines has already haves a vendor associated:

• Single Purchasing Mode: Go to Purchase Orders>>Add PO click on one PO at a time, enter the PO headerand then click on Add single items. the Add Items to PO Manually screen will apear. From this window users are allowed to add vendor product aliases.
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• Bulk Purchasing Mode:  Go to Purchase Orders>>Add PO. The system will display the Bulk Purchasing Mode. Select the PO line for which you want to add an alias. Go to the Actions column and click on More Actions for the selected PO line. Fill the product information and then click on Add Product Alias  (You can also use the keyboard shortcut g +and then p, please read Keyboard Shortcuts for the Bulk Purchasing Mode for further information). Enter the product alias and click on Save.

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• Standalone Purchasing Mode: Go to Purchase Orders>>Add PO click on standalone POs. Enter the PO header and then click on Add Product Alias. The Vendor Product Alias window will open, enter the alias and click on Save. Click on Add to associated the product alias entered to the product.
  
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The Vendor Product Aliases entered will appear in two documents printed in the system:

1. The Purchase Orders printed from the Purchase Order Summary Screen or from the Vendor Portal will include the vendor product alias associated instead of the company product description.
2. The Vendor Shipping Labels (Also called inventory Labels) will also include the Vendor Product Alias rather than the product name set up in the company.