Purchase history
What you have bought of this part, from whom, when and at what price.
Open the part and go to the Purchases tab.
What it shows
| Column | What it means |
|---|---|
| PO | The purchase order number |
| Vendor name | Who you bought it from |
| Purchase date | When the order was placed |
| Quantity | How many units |
| Unit price | What you paid per unit |
What to use it for
Before ordering again. The last price you paid is the number to quote back at a supplier, and the history shows whether prices are drifting.
Checking lead time in practice. Order dates against when stock appeared tell you what a supplier actually delivers, which is usually not what they quoted.
Deciding order size. A history of small frequent orders is often worth consolidating.
Settling a cost query. When a costing figure looks wrong, this is where the underlying prices came from.
Purchase history and costing
The prices here feed the Costing tab. Which of them determines the part's cost depends on the costing rule: FIFO draws from your earliest batches, LIFO from the most recent, and the averaging options blend them.
If a calculated cost looks surprising, read it alongside this tab and the active lot.
Vendors
The vendor column is the supplier the order went to, which may not be the manufacturer. A part made by one company and bought through two distributors will show both here, at whatever price each charged.