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

1. In the Supplier for Purchase Part window, query for the required record of supplier and purchase part.
2. Click the Manufacturers tab.
3. Create a new record for the manufacturer.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Save your entry.