Overview of Manufacturers

An Approved Manufacturers List (AML) represents a list of manufacturers, suppliers, or vendors approved by a company for the purpose of procuring manufactured items. You can add manufacturers to the AML tab on an item.

The AML tab on an item captures information about the manufacturers and manufacturer parts associated with the item.

In the Product Development work area, you can do the following:

• Create manufacturer parts.

• Create the manufacturers and associate them with manufacturer parts.

• Secure access to manufacturer parts.

• Assign the manufacturer parts to the items.

For more information on creating a manufacturer and manufacturer part, see the related topics.