Using the Cost and Price Import tool is a simple, fast way to import all prices and/or costs to a Pricebook Zone from a specific vendor.
This can be performed as needed, and serves to view costs changed by a vendor before actually receiving an invoice. This assists in utilizing the Alternate Vendor feature within the ordering system for comparing item costs.
This should only be performed at corporate. Remember to manually send down changes to stores, as a queue record will not be created by the import