Enter Part Manufacturers
Explanation
Use this activity to enter manufacturers that supply a
company part number.
For each of your company's parts, you enter one or more manufacturers that
make that part. You can enter part manufacturers either in IFS/Part Catalog or
as a step when you create a new engineering part using the
Create New
Engineering Part.
When you enter manufacturers, one (and only one) must be selected as the preferred
manufacturer for the part. By default, the system automatically selects the
first manufacturer record entered as the preferred manufacturer.
Prerequisites
The manufacturer must exist in the
Manufacturer
window.
System Effects
- A manufacturer is connected to your company part
number in IFS/Part
Catalog.
- If you also select a preferred part number supplied by that manufacturer, the system will use that part as the default
manufacturer part whenever you order that part.
Window
Part
Part Manufacturers
Related Window Descriptions
Part
Part/Part Manufacturer
Part Manufacturers
Create New Engineering Part
Part
Manufacturers (Step in Create New Engineering Part)
Procedure
In the Part/Part Manufacturer tab
- Create a new record in the upper table, and enter
the manufacturer number or select one from the List of Values.
- Optionally add notes
about this manufacturer into the Note field.
- Save the record.
- If you have entered more than one manufacturer and want to change the
preferred manufacturer, select the record for the manufacturer that will be
the new preferred manufacturer, right-click, and then click Set Preferred
Manufacturer.
In the Part Manufacturers window
- Create a new record.
- Enter your company's part number into the Part No
field.
- In the Manufacturer No field, either
enter the manufacturer's ID number or select it from the List of Values.
- Optionally add notes about this manufacture into
the Note field.
- Save the record.
- If you have entered more than one manufacturer record for the same part
and want to change the preferred manufacturer, select the record for the
manufacturer that will be the new preferred manufacturer for the part,
right-click, and then click Set Preferred Manufacturer.
In the Part Manufacturers step of the Create New
Engineering Part
- In the Manufacturer No field, either enter
the manufacturer's ID number or select it from the List of Values.
- Optionally add notes about this manufacture into
the Note field.
- Click Next to go to the wizard's next step.
Note: To change the preferred manufacturer, you must use either the
Part/Part Manufacturer tab
or the Part Manufacturers window.