Enter Manufacturer Information
Explanation
Use this activity to modify relationships between the
supplier and manufacturer, and the manufacturer and manufacturer part number for specified purchase parts by adding, updating, or
deleting affiliations. Manufacturers are used when you want to buy a specific
brand of the part. This is optional.
The manufacturer number is retrieved from the part manufacturer record in
IFS/Part Catalog. To enter the manufacturer number as a supplier for the purchase
part, you can:
- Directly enter the manufacturer number(s).
- Use the List of Values to select the manufacturers
from the list of possible manufacturers.
- Right-click and then click Copy Manufacturers
to copy all manufacturers defined for the part in the Part window. (If some
manufactures copied are not suitable for the site or supplier, you can easily
delete these rows.)
The first manufacturer added to the Manufacturers tab will be
automatically set as the preferred manufacturer.
If no manufacturers exist in the Manufacturers tab the
preferred manufacturer in the Part window will be set as
the preferred manufacturer in the Supplier for Purchase Part
window.
You cannot change the number or description from the
Manufacturers
tab. Updates must be done in IFS/Enterprise.
A manufacturer set as preferred manufacturer in the
Supplier for
Purchase Part/Manufacturers tab cannot be deleted when other
manufacturers for the supplier exist.
When you enter a new record for the manufacturer,
the manufacturer part numbers will be automatically copied from the Part
window. If you create a new record for a manufacturer part number, the first
manufacturer part number added to the Manufacturers tab will be
automatically set as the preferred manufacturer part number. You can change
the preferred manufacturer part number.
Prerequisites
- The manufacturer must be entered in the
Part Manufacturer
tab in the
Part window for the given part.
- The manufacturer part numbers must be entered in the Part Manufacturer tab in the
Part window for the given
part.
System Effects
A manufacturer is connected to the supplier for a
purchase part in the system, and the status of these relationships can be
determined.
Window
Supplier
for Purchase Part
Related Window Descriptions
Supplier for
Purchase Part
Supplier
for Purchase Part/Manufacturers
Procedure
- In the Supplier for Purchase Part
window, query for the required record
of supplier and purchase part.
- Click the Manufacturers tab.
- Create a new record for the manufacturer.
- Enter the number for the manufacturer in the Manufacturer No field. You can either directly enter the manufacturer's
code if you know it, use the List of
Values to select it, or right-click and then click Copy Manufacturers
to copy all manufacturers defined for the part into the window. The system
automatically fills in the manufacturer name(s) based on the manufacturer
number(s) entered and all manufacturer part numbers
will be automatically copied from the Part window for the corresponding
manufacturers entered.
- If you want to set one of the manufacturers as the preferred manufacturer,
select the relevant line, right click and then click Set Preferred
Manufacturer. The Preferred Manufacturer check box will then be
automatically selected.
- Save your entry.