Monitoring Purchase Price Differences

Purchases Price Differences occur when there was a part price increase or decrease on the AP Invoice from what was called for on the estimate. These lines will display in bright yellow on the Exceptions screen. Purchase Price Difference Exceptions should either be resolved or "Allowed" on Folders before the vehicle is delivered. 

A PPD column in the Vehicle Center displays the current # of PPD Exceptions on the Folder

It may be possible that the PPD column has not been customized into your grid settings. If you do not see the PPD column as shown in the image above you can add it to your grid by right clicking over the grid header, selecting "Column Chooser" from the drop down menu and scrolling through the list until you see PPD. 

Fixing Purchase Price Differences

For CCC One estimates, you can export these price changes back to the estimating system. Right-click over the yellow Purchase Price Difference line and select "Export to EMS" from the menu (the file in CCC One must be un-locked to do this). Once you export the price changes you will need to Re-Extract the Estimate in CCC (in CCCone you will need to click the "Save" button to see the changes). 

For other estimating systems, you will need to manually correct the list price in the estimating system.

Once you are done, re-import the EMS file into Nexsyis and update the Work Order to clear the Exceptions. 

Allowing Purchase Price Differences

If you do not want to bill for the PPD, you can mark it as "Allowed" by selecting the appropriate reason from the "Reason" drop-down and double-clicking under the "Allowed" column. This will hide the Exception on the screen and record it as "Allowed" by your User ID.