joe garlitz wrote the following post on 3/13/2008 6:39:50 PM
My new software generates the "Vendor Number". It is the serial number (database record number) as vendors are created.
My old software allowed me to make an alpha-numeric "Vendor Number".
To pay an invoice I used to type in "my" Vendor Number which was neumonic.
My new software requires me to type the Machine Generated (serial number) to access my vendor for payment. The new software "support guys" say that they have years and years of experience with other users and have never had an issue with the Machine Generated Vendor Number.
Question: What is the industry "norm" for calling up a vendor to make a payment in Accounts Payable? Is a machine generated serial number being used by any others as the "exclusive" locator for a vendor?
This seems very disfunctional to me. |