Add Vendor

Overview

The ability to associate a vendor with a material is available through the Vendors Tab of the Material Definition Window.

 

Prerequisites

A material must have been added.

 

Add Vendor

To associate a vendor with a material:

• Select a material from the drop-down menu.

• Right click anywhere in the Vendors table.

• Select "Add Vendor" in the context-sensitive menu.

• A new vendor will appear in the Vendors table.

  • Select a vendor from the drop-down menu.

  • Check any pertinent boxes to designate a vendor as approved for use, a producer, etc.

  • Enter effective and expiration dates, or select them using the date picker.

  • Manage vendor approvals.

• Click on the Save Button.

 

Notes

Users are prevented from saving changes to a system item to which changes have already been made. This prevents concurrency errors.