> Associating Parts with Suppliers

The Parts page of the Suppliers form represents the parts catalog for the selected supplier. Enter parts that are purchased from the selected supplier along with any necessary information. You must define parts before associating them with suppliers.

Follow these steps to associate parts with suppliers.

  1. Open the Suppliers form (SMSUPP).

  2. Query for the supplier with which to associate parts.

  3. Click the Parts tab. Datastream 7i displays the Parts page.

  4. Part—Click to select the part number.

  5. Catalog reference—Enter the supplier’s part number. It may be identical to the existing part number.

  6. Supplier part description—Enter the supplier’s description of the part.

  7. Gross price—Enter the supplier’s price for the part without discounts or additional fees. After adjusting gross price for discounts and additional fees, Datastream 7i updates Net price.

  8. Purchase UOM—Click to select the purchase unit of measure.

  9. Conv factor—Enter the conversion factor if the purchase unit of measure is different from the inventory unit of measure.

  10. Tax code—Click to select the tax for the part.

  11. Lead time—Enter the average number of days that the supplier needs to provide the ordered goods.

  12. Expiration date—Enter the date that the price quotation expires.

  13. Repair price—Enter the price that the supplier charges to repair the part.

  14. Supplier repair part number—Enter the number that the supplier uses to reference the part when it is being repaired.

   Double-click in Net price to view price, currency, and exchange rate information.

  To add comments about the part, click Comments. Datastream 7i displays the Comments dialog box. The Comments dialog box retains the permissions defined for the tab from which it is invoked.

  1. Choose File | Save from the menu bar. Datastream 7i saves the information to the database.