In Tradogram, Cost Centers can be used to create additional associations between items and suppliers when creating a Request or Purchase Order. 

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How to Create a Cost Center

Navigate to company settings by going to the drop down in the top right corner, and selecting “Manage Company”

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Then navigate to the “Cost Centers” tab:

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In the top right corner, you will see an option to “+ Add New Cost Center”.

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When creating a cost center, you need to add a name and number. Once you have added a name and number, you can make associations with suppliers and items. Select all suppliers and items you wish to associate with the Cost Center.

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When you are done, click “ADD COST CENTER”

How Do Cost Centers Work in Tradogram?

When you are creating a request or purchase order, cost centers will act as an additional (or alternative) association. 

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If you add items from the database to the transaction first, when you add a supplier, it will filter to only the suppliers that are associated with that cost center. 

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Please Note: Cost Centers will be updated in the future to include the following functionality (no timeline on this release):

• Use of Cost Centers in exports and budgeting. 
• Improved functionality on transaction
• Use of Cost Centers in the API

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Learn more about the difference between cost centers, departments, and GL Accounts here

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