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Replicated Locations

What are, and when should I use replicated locations?

When a service has one supplier but multiple locations, where the service can be purchased at the same cost at all locations, then the locations the service is available in can be attached to the supplier under the Service Details node. The effect of this is that the option is 'Replicated' at the booking level and is available from each of those locations.

Replicated Locations should only be used in the situation of Rental Vehicle Suppliers.

As an example, a rental vehicle company in Australia could have all their vehicle products, Small, Compact, Medium, Executive vehicles etc. Setup in the Product database under the generic location (AUS - Australia), and attached to the Supplier would be all of the replicated locations where the supplier has depots.

This method makes product database maintenance much simpler and also ensures that documentation has the correct location details listed.

NOTE: They will not work in a situation - e.g. Hotel Chains - where the chain has hotels in different locations. Each hotel is a different supplier with different rates.

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