Version 6t - October 28, 2014
Added In Queue errors to what can display in top section. (9873)
Distributor Item Information Look Up
Version 63 - July 24, 2014
Added topic for viewing purchase order transactions (9521)
Research > View Purchase Orders
Version 62 - December 17, 2013, updated Feb 12, 2014
Updated multiple topics for VMP - Margin Management changes (8598)
Manage Profits (was Manage Margins / Markups)
Manage Brand Classifications (was Manage Brewers / Brands)
Distributor Item Information Look Up
Version 61 - January 31, 2013
Added AC Site Availability, Security, and Support Overview docs. (7813)
Version 60 - September 25, 2012
VMP - Add Walmart distributor number from closed loop data to closed loop screen (7331)
Distributor Item Information Lookup
Version 59 - July 19, 2012
Updated MillerCoors contact information (7163)
Sample Cost Sanity Check Error Report to Distributor - CSV
Version 58 - March 20, 2012
Drill down to Dist Item Info Lookup (closed loop) from Error Resolution screen (5187)
Display only open/active stores in PTC calculator combo box (5761)
Version 57 - December 15, 2011
Add / Update a Price Leadership Promotion, Free Standing Insert Promotion
Include multiple UPCs in a single PL or FSI promo. (3481)
Include pricing tiers in a single PL promo. (2998)
Collapse store selection on open, generate description for PLs and FSIs from selected items and stores. (3016)
Tiers now show in promo list (2998)
Manage Promotions, Promotion Types and Overlapping Rules
Removed Scan-Back, Competitive Pricing promotion types. (No Trac, Part of Turn)
Add / Update a Lock-In PTR, PTC
Include multiple UPCs in a single Lock-In. (3593)
Add stores/UPCs after Lock-In is in effect. If stores must be removed, the promotion must be canceled and a new one set up. (3593)
Open new windows to fix select error conditions. (3477)
Enter a “temporary” margin override by store and UPC. Includes a new Profit Overrides List report. (5118)
Allow amount adjustment after applying psych rounding and combo box for state-specific setups. (6040)
Version 56 - November 1, 2011
Request Distributor Retailer Pricing And UPC Authorization Reports
Added VMP Promo? column to on-screen display. (5114)
Added Change Item option - One item, multiple stores only. (4734)
Added Change Store option - One store, multiple items only. (4734)
Manage Distributor Item Costs (3017)
Updated search criteria.
Added "Sellable UPC" to search results.
Manage Store Authorization Events (5116)
Work with temporary distributor / item / store authorizations.
New Authorization List Report.
Renamed from Add Temporary Authorizations.
Updated VMP overview for new name.
Handling for overlapped Price Leadership promotions (5153)
Version 55 - October 3, 2011
Updated VMP Job Schedule (5789)
Version 54 - August 11, 2011
Ability to delete Error Queues (3891)
Store UPC Authorization Error Resolution
Version 53 - July 28, 2011
New authorization type (7) (4911)
Distributor Retailer Pricing and UPC Authorization Reports
Manage Stores (5122)
Added Store Status open/closed column to the Store Query View
Added link from Distributor Name column to view Walmart contacts.
Added Retailer Distributor Number column to the Distributor/Brand Assignment View to display the 'provider id for subscriber' if available or the 'cost zone xref'.
Changed Distributor Identification column to Distributor Name and removed the ID portion.
Version 52 - June 7, 2011
Manage Stores (4866)
New "RETAILER DISTRIB. NBR" report column plus ability to schedule report.
Version 51 - May 10, 2011
Distributor Item Information Lookup (4529)
Section and column label changes.
Distributor Retailer Pricing and UPC Authorization Reports (4665)
Drill to Distributor Item Information Lookup screen from display.
Version 50 - January 25, 2011
Error Resolution. Click a distributor to view and e-mail the Walmart Contact (3585)
Master Item display across screens. No documentation changes required. (3012)
Version 49 - December 7, 2010
Change screens with state choices to list only states for selected retailer (3801)
Manage Distributors, Manage Distributors proxy brand assignment.
Manage Proxy Distributor Costs
Manage Promotions, Query View
Add a Price Leadership Promotion
Add a Competitive Pricing Promotion
Add a Free Standing Insert Promotion
Disallow non numeric characters in the Item Number when setting up a Retailer Master Item (2667)
Version 48 - October 19, 2010
Error Resolution (3483) CZ display on store mouse-over.
Manage Item Master (3023) Standard search criteria.
Limit "State" choices to states from stores of selected retailer (3801) No changes required.
Version 47 - October 6, 2010
Request Distributor Retailer Pricing And UPC Authorization Reports (3484)
Manage Distributors (3022)
Manage Distributor Item Costs (3489) (No changes required.)
Distributor Item Information Lookup (3494)
Version 46 - September 7, 2010
Manage Margins/Markups (was Manage State Margins)
Select margin calculation based on UPC/State overrides (2761)
Apply UPC overrides to new stores (2906)
Remove UPC margin overrides (2991)
Overlapping Promotions
When displaying overlapping promotions in PL and other VMP promo screens as applicable, show promotions only instead of all promotion store combinations (3658).
Version 45 - July 21, 2010
VMP MillerCoors Adjustments & Patches
Distributor Lookup simplification (3014). Upgrade search criteria.
Manage Promotions -> Lock-In PTR
Manage Proxy Distributor Costs
Also:
Manage Promotions -> Lock-In PTC
Manage Promotions -> Competitive Pricing
Manage Promotions -> Price Leadership
Manage Promotions -> Scan Back Promotions
Version 44 - June 29, 2010
VMP MillerCoors Adjustments & Patches
Manage Distributor Item Costs (3004)
Replace radio buttons with check-boxes. Multi add, delete.
Distributor Item Information Lookup (3018)
Include standard Item Look Up search
Include standard Store Look Up search
Add Store City, State
Remove Distributor Pricing Report
Rename Processing Date to Retailer Data Feed Date
Add UPC Calculator
PTC Calculator (3021)
Include standard Store Look Up search
Include standard Item Look Up search
Default UPC to 5-5
Remove Scan-back Promo options
Embed into Closed Loop (Dist Item Info Look Up) screen
VMP Options screen + Alert samples. Remove references to:
(Distributor) Authorization Alert - Sent to Distributors
Combined Distributor Authorization Alert - Sent to VMP Analyst
Version 43 - May 4, 2010 (April 27, 2010)
VMP MillerCoors enhancements
Store Distributor UPC Authorization Section
Distributor Retailer Pricing and UPC Authorization Reports
Renamed menu choice, new Type report criteria, different Display options for error resolution.
Sample DRP and UPC Auth report
Distributor Item Information Look Up
UPC Authorizations (removed)
Global Changes - Distributor search criteria
Manage Stores (only)
Version 42 - April 6, 2010
VMP MillerCoors enhancements
Add Free Standing Insert promotion
Add Price Leadership promotion
Added note about State AND Region intersection.
Version 41 - January 12, 2010
VMP MillerCoors enhancements
Button name changes T2392:
Change State Margins > Manage State Margins
View Batch Exports > Batch Exports
View UPC Authorizations > UPC Authorizations
Enter Proxy Distributor Cost > Manage Proxy Distributor Costs
Add Distributor search fields T2392:
Version 40 - December 1, 2009
VMP MillerCoors enhancements
Distributor Retailer Pricing Reports
Now offers two reports: One item - Multiple Stores, One Store - Multiple Items 45348
Sample Distributor Retailer Pricing Reports
New samples. 45348
Add Lock-In PTC Promotion, Add Lock-In PTR Promotion
Adjusted topics for separate methods. Lock-In PTR now similar to distributor's. TOC IDX done T2475
Dist Rtlr Pricing Rpt now offers two reports: One item - Multiple Stores, One Store - Multiple Items 45348
Add Lock-In topic split T2475
Note that distributors can set up own lock-in promos. T2475
Version 39 - October 27, 2009
VMP MillerCoors enhancements
Search for supplier item # or MI linked to item # T2460
Better description on duplicates, X for delete row T2481
Version 38 - October 13, 2009
VMP MillerCoors conversion enhancements
Enter Proxy Distributor Costs (New) 44793
Manage Item Master (new Product Line Category, Promo Sub fields) 44793
Manage Item Categories (Substitution Groups) (Add Promo Substitution Group)
Sample Price Leadership Compliance Report (include store number only -- not number and name. update sample) 45249
Manage Promotions - Compliance View (expand VMP Not Sent section. nc) 45347
VMP Option Overview (add new proxy costs item) 44793
PTC Calculator (change Margin to Markup for exception stores) 45405
Product Authorization Alerts (reworked description / titles)
Manage Promotions (adjusted "update" restrictions per Support)
Version 37 - August 4, 2009
VMP Price Leadership Enhancement
Overview - Promotion Types and Overlapping Rules
Manage Promotions
Price Leadership Compliance Report
Add Promotions
Options
Clone for different item (covered in PL, FSI add topics)
Changes to Closed Loop Pricing screen
Distributor Item Information Lookup
Product Authorization Alerts
New Product Authorization w/o Shipment Combined Alert
Version 36 - June 10, 2009
Adjusted Calculated Margin formula.
From: (1-PTR/PTC)*100)
To: (1-(PTR/(PTC * # sellable units)))*100
Version 35 - May 19, 2009
VMP Enhancements - Phase 2
Closed Loop Pricing w/Authorization Differentiation (43739)
Distributor Item Information Look Up
Substitution Groups (43742)
Product Authorization Alerts (43741)
Misc: Moved VMP to TOC and Index. (Was protected.)
Version 34 - March 3, 2009
VMP Changes
Manage Distributor Buy-Sell (CFS 43558)
Manage Distributor Contacts (CFS 43629)
Manage Distributors (CFS 43627)
Authorization Alert to Distributor (CFS 41049)
Combined Distributor Authorization Alert (CFS 41049)
Version 33 - February 16, 2009
Changed Option 1, 1 to Option 1. Changed Park City Group Support to Advanced Commerce Support.
Version 32 - January 22, 2009
VMP Changes
Distributor Retailer Pricing Reports (includes sample)
Version 31 - October 15, 2008
Removed password text and Sales Hotline references
No longer valid.
Version 30 - May 9, 2008
VMP Changes
Psych. Pricing Category - This refers to Wal-Mart's category logic for rounding/ending retail prices. If the item is beer, select the BEER category. If no category matches your item, such as for a stein, or if Wal-Mart does not use psychological rounding for the item, select IGNORE.
If this is a new store, the margin quantities are filled with those assigned to another store in the same state.
To keep the default "new store" margins, without making changes, simply click Save. (You must click Save to apply these defaults. "Notification! New margins created." displays as a reminder.)
In Update Costs section, existing distributors - The Effective Date must be today or a future date within the next six months. (Today's date is entered by default.) Enter dates in the format mmddyy or mm/dd/yyyy.
Non-Park City Group distributors - Change not applicable. No default date appears.
In Manage Costs section - The Effective Date must be today or a future date within the next six months. (Today's date is entered by default.) Enter dates in the format mmddyy or mm/dd/yyyy.
Misc.
No help changes required for the following incidents: CFS 40122 - Eligibility reqs for Store / Brand assignments, 40178 - Sort by UPC.
Version 29 - January 29, 2008
VMP Changes
Added steps for UPCs within a Category. Emphasized clicking Apply. Listed rounding rules.
Adjusted examples to show decimal percentages are allowed. For example, "Scan-Back Promotion Percent Off - Discount is a percentage off, such as 5% or 10.5%.
Version 28 - December 18, 2007
Steps to get help. Feedback/Support link..
Version 27 - December 4, 2007
Replaced Manage Scan-Back Promotions/Competitive Price link with Manage Promotions (CFS 38397).
Added "Lock-In" promotion pricing.
Adjusted for Manage Promotions changes above.
Discounts can be entered by Scan-Back Promotion type (CFS 38397). No changes to text for CFS 37870.
Added note about duplicate Distributor Numbers. (CFS 38068)
Version 26 - November 7, 2007
Update to VMP samples.
Authorization Alert to Distributor
Combined Distributor Authorization Alert
Version 25 - September 6, 2007
New feature for Scan-Back Promotions.
Manage Scan-Back Promotions/Competitive Pricing
Vendor Managed Pricing (VMP) home page
Version 24 - September 6, 2007
More changes to notification samples and descriptions.
Combined Distributor Authorization Alert
Was "Firewall" Alert.
Authorization Alert to Distributor
Was "Firewall" Alert.
Cost "Sanity Check" Error Notification to Distributor
Was "Sanity" Error.
Version 23 - August 21, 2007
Changes to notification samples and descriptions.
Combined Distributor Firewall Alert
Sanity Error Notification to Distributor
Version 22 - July 23, 2007
Added Vendor Managed Pricing tasks (requires secure authorization). VMP Phase I
Version 21 - November 9, 2006
Updated FAQs (removed FBAs).
Version 20 - October 31, 2006
Sample Chain Alert Report
Removed Zones Un-Assigned to any Chain section
Changed to File Registry. New features added.
C / Chainlink / File Registry
Report topics. Change all instances of "Delivery Type" Chainlink to File Registry.
Version 19 - February 28, 2006
Added:
-- Request Call Point Pricing Report
-- Sample Call Point Pricing Report
-- Sample Chain Alert Report
Removed:
-- Request Promotion Pricing Reports
-- Request Chain Division Pricing Reports
Updated:
-- Sample Consolidated Chain Pricing Report
-- Sample Distributor Pricing Report
Version 18 - November 17, 2005
Removed option to Include Accepted Items Only
-- Request Chain Division Pricing Reports
-- Request Distributor Pricing Reports
Version 17 - September 29, 2005
Added option to Include Accepted Items Only
-- Request Chain Division Pricing Reports
-- Request Distributor Pricing Reports
-- Request Consolidated Chain Pricing Reports
Version 16 - May 3, 2005 (4/11/05)
Removed Jim Ross, SW FBA.
Minisite from CoorsNet -- select Park City Group (viaLink) from the Industry Links drop-down menu.
Version 15 - March 22, 2005
Removed Trish Flores, SC FBA.
Version 14 - March 8, 2005
Changed all instances of "viaLink" to "Park City Group."
Changed Scott Nielsen to Coors Sales Systems Hotline.
Noted that Comma Separated (CSV) is the default for all reports except the "Promotion Pricing Report."
Version 13 - January 25, 2005
About distribuLink (Changes to report descriptions)
Request Consolidated Chain Pricing Reports (Updated intro)
Request Chain Division Pricing Reports (Updated intro)
Version 12 - November 9, 2004
Reordered Table of Contents, other minor changes.
Version 11 - June 29, 2004
Replaced Mike Abbot references with "For distribuLink User registration, please contact either the FBA (Field Business Area) representative for your area or, if one is unavailable, contact the Coors Sales Systems Hotline at 303-277-6133."
Version 10.4 - March 22, 2004
Replaced SW FBA Randy Hardwick with Jim Ross.
Version 10.3 - February 10, 2004
Updates to authorization, other questions.
Version 10 - December 5, 2003
Replaced Jeff Wheeler with Mike Abbot.
Version 9 - July 30, 2003
Updated contacts.
Version 8 - July 15, 2003
Updated contacts.
Version 7 - May 13, 2003
Select Pack Configuration: The pack configuration describes the components of the item. To limit your report to cases of four 6-packs, select Case of 24 CONTAINS 4 - 6 packs.
Note: If your pack configuration is not listed, you can click Enter Pack Configuration and complete the containing and of fields.
Same as above.
Same as above.
FAQs about distribuLink for CBC Sales and Field Personnel.