Use this screen to specify vendor(s) from which a specific part can be purchased.
Use this screen any time parts are bought instead of manufactured.
You must first establish the vendor in the Vendor User Flow (Materials\Maintain\Vendors) before you can enter any additional information in this screen. |
You can also maintain this data in the Item Vendor Assignment screen (Materials\Maintain\Items).
Vendor *
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the vendor from whom you want to purchase this part.
The vendor must not be flagged as a payroll vendor, and its Approval Code must not be Not Approved.
If the vendor is approved or preferred for the part, its Approval Code must not be Pending.
You can still link a pending, non-payroll vendor to a part if the vendor is not approved or preferred for the part. In this case, you will receive a warning.
Vendors are established in the Vendor User Flow (Materials\Maintain\Vendors) screens. |
This non-editable field displays the vendor name corresponding to the vendor ID in the Vendor field.
Use this drop-down box to specify whether or not this vendor is approved for this part and also specify if the vendor is the preferred source of the part.
Choose from the following options in the drop-down box:
Approved - this indicates that the vendor is an approved source of a specific part.
Not Approved - this indicates that the vendor is not an approved source of a specific part.
Preferred - this indicates that the vendor is the preferred source of a specific part.
Note: Only one vendor may be designated
as the preferred part source at a time. |
This field displays the last purchase order number assigned to this vendor.
This field displays the date of the last purchase order assigned to this vendor.
This field displays the last quote identifier assigned to this vendor.
Last Quote Date
This field displays the date of the last quote identifier assigned to this vendor.
* A red asterisk denotes a required field.
Changes made to this screen update the ITEM_VEND (Item Vendor) table.