Assign vendors to items you purchase

Made2Manage stores information about each standard part or assembly in an item master. When you receive a buy-to-order or buy-to-stock item, Made2Manage updates the vendor information on the item master. You can also manually record a vendor. When you first add an item master, it’s a good idea to assign a primary vendor to the part.

Note: Before you do this, you must record the part’s basic, design, production, and cost information.

To assign vendors to items you purchase

1. Open the Item Master (INV) page.

   1. Select Production Management > Master Data > Item Master.

      Or

   2. Search for INV or Item Master in the Navigation box and then select Item Master..
      The Item Master (INV) page appears.

2. On the Toolbar, click Browse.

   The Browse For Item Master window appears.

3. Select the row that contains the required item, and click Select. Or, double-click the row that contains the required item.

   Click Cancel to exit from the Browse For Item Master window.

4. Click the Vendors tab.

5. On the Toolbar, click More Actions.

6. Select More Actions > Actions > Manufacturer Parts.

   The Manufacturer Parts (MFRPRT) window opens, and shows the manufacturers for this part. If you need to add, change, or remove a manufacturer part, see the Related Information.

7. On the grid toolbar, click New.

   Or, on the grid toolbar, click Copy to base this vendor on the one the window shows.

8. Specify the vendor.

   To view manufacturer part information or vendor part information for this part, on the Toolbar, click More Actions. Then, select More Actions > Actions > Vendor/Manufacturer Information to open the Vendor/Manufacturer Information (VNDMFR) window. If you need to add, change, or remove associations between vendors and manufacturers, see the Related Information.

   1. In the Priority box, type a number to indicate that the vendor is your first, second, or third, and so on, choice. You can have only one vendor with a priority of 1. You can have multiple vendors with a priority of 2, 3, etc.

   2. Click the Vendor lookup reference. The Lookup For Vendor window appears.

   3. Select the row that contains the required vendor, and click Select. Or, double-click the row that contains the required vendor.

      Click Cancel to exit from the Lookup For Vendor window.

   4. To record the part number and description the vendor uses:

      ≡ In the Vendor Part Number box, type the vendor’s part number.

      ≡ In the Vendor Part Desc box, type the vendor’s part description.

   5. In the Comments box, type any comments about the vendor or the vendor’s part. The comments appear only on the item master.

   6. In the Vendor U/M list, select the vendor’s unit of measure.

   7. In the Conversion Factor box, type the quantity of vendor’s cost units that equal one inventory unit. Or, click the icon at the end of the Conversion Factor box to display the Calculator. Enter the required value. To calculate the value, divide a quantity of the vendor’s unit of measure by the equivalent quantity of your inventory unit of measure. For instance, if 1 case is equal to 10 each, then the conversion factor is 1/10 or .10.

9. In the Lead Time (Days) box, type the number of days lead time you need to order and receive the item.

   Or, click the icon at the end of the Lead Time (Days) box to display the Calculator. Enter the required value.

   For information about adding landed costs for an item and vendor, see the Related Information.

10. If your company uses product-based taxes, if the vendor is taxable, and if you want to pay the taxes associated with the vendor’s jurisdiction, click the Jurisdiction lookup reference, and select a jurisdiction.

11. On the Toolbar, click Save to keep the vendor.

    You can add bitmapped drawings to a part’s item master.