We purchase items from manufacturers and then sell for a markup. The manufacturer item name is different from our item/product name.

When we create a sale item, we also assign the purchase item so we can keep track of our markup for that item.

The problem is that the item has the same name. When we create purchase orders, we need the manufacturer item name to show up in the purchase order. And when we create estimates and invoices, we need our item name to show up.

am i doing something wrong here? is there a better way of doing this? 

the only way i see is to create separate items but that defeats the purpose.

Need help resolving this issue.