Alternate Part Inquiry

Select this radio button to view Costpoint part information based on manufacturer and/or manufacturer part information only.

Select this radio button to view Costpoint part information based on vendor and/or vendor part information only.

Select this radio button to view Costpoint part information based on vendor and manufacturer part information.

Enter, or use Lookup to select, a manufacturer ID from the catalog.

This field will be unavailable if you selected the Vendor radio button in the Select group box.

Enter, or use Lookup to select, an alternate part for the manufacturer.

This field will be unavailable if you selected the Vendor radio button in the Select group box.

Enter the manufacturer part revision for the manufacturer alternate part.

This field will be unavailable if you selected the Vendor radio button in the Select group box.

Enter, or use Lookup to select, a vendor ID from the catalog.

The vendor must not be flagged as a payroll vendor, and its Vendor Status for PO must not be On Hold. If the vendor has an Approval Code of Not Approved or Pending, you will receive a warning.

If multiple companies have been set up, but the Product Definition Settings screen specifies that parts should be used across companies, you can enter vendors linked to other companies here.

This field is unavailable if you selected the Manufacturer option in the Select group box.

Enter, or use Lookup to select, an alternate part for the vendor.

This field will be unavailable if you selected the Manufacturer radio button in the Select group box.

Enter the vendor part revision for the vendor part.

This field will be unavailable if you selected the Manufacturer radio button in the Select group box.

This field displays the part ID linked to the manufacturer/vendor selection criteria.

You assigned this part ID in the Characteristics tab of the Basic Info screen of the Parts User Flow screen  (Materials\Maintain\Items).

This field displays the revision for the part.

You assigned this revision in the Characteristics tab of the Basic Info screen of the Parts User Flow screen (Materials\Maintain\Items).

This field displays the description for the part.

You assigned this description in the Characteristics tab of the Basic Info screen of the Parts User Flow screen (Materials\Maintain\Items).

This field displays the default/inventory U/M (unit of measure) of the part.

You assigned this U/M in the Units of Measure subtask of the Basic Info screen of the Parts User Flow screen (Materials\Maintain\Items).

This field displays whether the part is a "M" (Make) part that you manufacture or a "B" (Buy) part that you buy from an external vendor.

You assigned this data in the Characteristics tab of the Basic Info screen of the Parts User Flow screen (Materials\Maintain\Items).

This field displays the manufacturer ID of the alternate part.

You assigned this ID in the Manufacturers screen (Materials\Maintain\Manufacturers).

This field displays the manufacturer name.

You assigned this name in the Manufacturers screen (Materials\Maintain\Manufacturers).

This field displays the manufacturer's CAGE (Commercial and Government Entity) ID code.

You assigned this ID in the Manufacturers screen (Materials\Maintain\Manufacturers).

This field displays the manufacturer part ID linked to this part.

You assigned this ID in either the Alternate Parts screen (Materials\Maintain\Items) or the Alternate Parts subtask of the Parts User Flow screen (Materials\Maintain\Items).

This field displays the manufacturer's revision of this part.

You established this data in either the Alternate Parts screen (Materials\Maintain\Items) or the Alternate Parts subtask of the Parts User Flow screen (Materials\Maintain\Items).

This field displays the part preference type for this alternate part number.

You assigned this preference in either the Alternate Parts screen (Materials\Maintain\Items) or the Alternate Parts subtask of the Parts User Flow screen  (Materials\Maintain\Items).

This field displays a "Y" (Yes) to indicate that this alternate part number is the "preferred" alternate part.

You assigned this data in either the Alternate Parts screen (Materials\Maintain\Items) or the Alternate Parts subtask of the Parts User Flow screen (Materials\Maintain\Items).

This column displays the vendor ID assigned to this alternate part.

This column displays the name associated with this vendor ID.

This column displays the ID of the vendor part.

This column displays the revision of the vendor part.

This field displays the vendor's Approval Code that was set in Accounting » Accounts Payable » Vendor Info » Approve Vendors. This is A if the vendor is approved, N if the vendor is not approved, or P if the vendor's approval status is pending. This column is hidden if you chose Manufacturer in the Select group box.

This field displays your company ID based on the search criteria and the setting of the Separate Items By Company checkbox in the Product Definition Settings screen (Administration\Configure\Materials).