Supplier Product Inquiry

If you edit this topic, review Supplier Product Maintenance.

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Purpose

View information about supplier products.

Overview

Use Supplier Product Inquiry to view supplier-specific information about your products. This window is the inquiry-only mode of Supplier Product Maintenance.

Ribbon Home Tab Buttons

Button

Description

Exit

Click this button to close the Supplier Product Inquiry window.

First

Click this button to display the supplier product for the first supplier or product. Select the Products for Supplier or Suppliers for Product radio button to control whether the supplier product is displayed for the first supplier or product.

Prev

Click this button to display the supplier product for the previous supplier or product. Select the Products for Supplier or Suppliers for Product radio button to control whether the supplier product is displayed for the previous supplier or product.

Next

Click this button to display the supplier product for the next supplier or product. Select the Products for Supplier or Suppliers for Product radio button to control whether the supplier product is displayed for the next supplier or product.

Last

Click this button to display the supplier product for the last supplier or product. Select the Products for Supplier or Suppliers for Product radio button to control whether the supplier product is displayed for the last supplier or product.

Notes

Click this button to display Notes Entry, which allows you to view notes for a selected supplier product. The icon for this button includes a check mark if notes exist for the supplier product.

Remarks

Click this button to display Remark Entry, which allows you to view remarks to be placed on documents related to a selected supplier product. The icon for this button includes a check mark if remarks exist for the supplier product.

Fields and Buttons

Field or Button

Description

Supplier

Enter a supplier code or name, or click the Lookup buttons to select a supplier code or name.

Product

Enter a product code or name, or click the Lookup buttons to select a product code or name.

Navigation

Select whether to navigate by suppliers or products, when you click the First, Prev, Next, or Last button in the ribbon.

Main Tab Fields and Buttons

Field or Button

Description

Supplier's Product Name

This field displays the name used by the supplier to identify the product (if different than the product name used in Product Maintenance).

Supplier Product Code

This field displays the product code used by the supplier for the product.

Example The product code for a product is 123 in Product Maintenance. Supplier ABC identifies the product as A314-B6, and this product code displays in this field.

Description

This field displays the description used by the supplier for the product.

Min Purchase Qty

This field displays the minimum quantity of the product, in the selected unit of measure, that can be ordered on a purchase order.

Example The product can only be ordered from this supplier if 25 cases or more are ordered.

Note If there is a quantity entered, it is used in Purchase Order Maintenance. For information on how this field is used for DRP, see DRP - Suggested Planned Receipt FAQ.

UM

This field displays the unit of measure for the supplier product to use in conjunction with the quantities entered in the Min Purchase Qty and Purchase Increment fields.

Purchase Increment

This field displays the purchase increment in the selected unit of measure that can be ordered on a purchase order.

Example The product can only be ordered in increments of 10 cases from this supplier.

Note If there is a quantity entered, it is used in Purchase Order Maintenance. For information on how this field is used for DRP, see DRP - Suggested Planned Receipt FAQ.

Quality Rating

This field displays a rating of product quality used only for reporting.

Active

This check box is selected if the supplier product is currently active.

Additional Duty Basis

This field displays an amount to be added to the purchasing cost for duty calculations.

Delivery Rating

This field displays a rating of product delivery used only for reporting.

Under Contract

This check box is selected if you are under contract with the supplier for the product.

Lead Time

This field displays the number of days between the purchase order date and the date the product is expected to be received (and available to be sold).

Note This is the actual number of days, not the number of business calendar days.

For more information on lead time, see DRP - Lead Time Calculation FAQ.

In Transit Lead Time

This field displays the in-transit lead time for the product, which is the number of days between when the product is shipped and received. This is used by DRP to calculate purchase order and blanket release ship dates.

Example If the in-transit lead time is 10 days, and the purchase order delivery date is 06/15/2020, the purchase order ship date is calculated as 06/05/2020.

Country of Origin

This field displays the country code of the country of origin for the supplier's products.

Goal Seek Tab Fields and Buttons

Field or Button

Description

Goal Seek Unit Code

This field displays the goal seek unit code for the supplier product. For information on setting up goal seek unit codes, see Goal Seek Unit Maintenance.

Goal Seek Unit Count

This field displays the goal seek unit count for the supplier product. This value is used to convert the goal seek unit to the default purchasing unit of measure for the supplier product.

Default Purchasing U/M

This field displays the default purchasing unit of measure for the product set up in Product Maintenance.