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title: "Special Buy-Ins Setup"
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Special Buy-Ins allow a reduced cost negotiated with a supplier to be carried through to the sales order so that the correct GP can be maintained and reported on for that sale. The Flags that impact the way Special Buy-Ins work are as follows: Do not change the systems costing methodology without first consulting Sterland Computing.  Costing Methods in ProStix . To set up Special Buy-Ins, perform the following: Standard Costing 1. From the  ProStix Main Menu  select  'System Administration'  then  'Configuration'  then  'Tailoring Options'  then  'Flags'   'InvStdCst'  = ' Yes'   2. Ensure that the user id as seen under menu options  'System Administration'  then  'Security'  then  'Define Users'  has the flag  'View Costs In Orders'  set to ' Yes '. Average Costing 1. If using Average Costing, the sales order is re-costed to the current average cost at order release. 2. Ensure that the user id as seen under menu options  'System Administration'  then  'Security'  then  'Define Users'  has the flag  'View Costs In Orders'  set to ' Yes '.