Vendor Catalog

By clicking on the Catalog button of the Vendor Maintenance page, one accesses the page displaying the items provided by the considered vendor.  All the information entered in this page is necessary and used to fill the Purchase Order Line Maintenance page when an order is issued.

The left panel displays the list of the items provided by the vendor

Fields

Item Id:

This field is the internal system item code.. The dropdown list displays the list of all the purchased items.

When the item code is found, its heading and its stocking unit are displayed. If this item is delivered by a vendor, this information is displayed.

Vendor item Id:

 This field is the item reference for the vendor. It is displayed on the order line. It is used to transmit orders by EDI.

Purchasing U/M:

 This field corresponds to the base unit code by which it is possible to buy the item from the vendor. The purchase unit code can be different from the internal stocking unit code.

This field must be first defined in the unit of measure table (Engineering menu).

U/M Conversion:

 This field is the conversion ratio between the purchase unit and the management unit. For instance, if an item is managed in meters but is delivered by 25-meter rolls, the conversion ratio will be equal to 25.

List price:

nVC This field is the vendor price for one purchase unit. This price is used in order to valorize the orders for the vendor.

Price valid from… until…:

nVC These fields are the validity dates for the indicated price. Purchase orders are allowed only if the corresponding order dates are between these dates.

Scrap %:

 This field is the average reject percentage measured in the receipts for each vendor. It is worth noting that the MRP procedure will take into account this scrap percentage in the requirements calculations.

Delivery Lead time:

This field is the delivery lead-time of the vendor, for the selected item. The requirements calculation procedure will use this lead-time to determine the planned order date. This lead-time is also used to determine the expected delivery date of the item in the order.

Minimum Order Quantity

 This field specifies the minimum quantity for a purchase order line.

Packaging:

  This field is the delivery quantity of the vendor. It is used to round up the ordered quantities in the order lines.

If this field is equal to zero, the exact requirement will be suggested. Otherwise, the requirement will be rounded up to the next packaging unit.

This prevents the MRP procedure from determining a fractional quantity when the vendor only delivers unit quantities.

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Button

List

This button displays the item list that the vendor can provide.