Managing Supplier/Item Relationships

You can create relationships between a supplier and the items that you purchase from the supplier. For example, if you purchase widgets from AAA Supply Company, you can create a relationship between the AAA Supply Company and the widget item. You can define information for the relationship, such as:

• The status of the relationship (whether you can purchase the item from the supplier).

• The receipt route for the relationship.

• The price of the item (when you purchase it from the supplier).

You can manually create supplier and item relationships or you can have the system create them for you when you purchase items from a supplier.

You also can have the system create a supplier and item relationship when you:

• Enter a purchase order.

• Enter a receipt.

• Create a voucher.

You must set processing options for the appropriate program to capture supplier analysis information.

You also can create relationships for items for which master information does not yet exist. You can set a processing option for the Supplier/Item Relationships program (P43090) to specify whether you want the system to prompt you to enter standard item master information or nonstock item master information.

The system stores information for item and supplier relationships in the F43090 table. You must run the Supplier/Item Relationships Rebuild program (R43900) to initially update the fields in this table.