Inventory > Setup > Approved Manufacturer Supplier Maintenance

Approved Manufacturer Supplier Maintenance

You use this program to link approved SYSPRO suppliers to the part numbers of approved manufacturers.

Approved Manufacturer Supplier Maintenance

You use this screen to link approved SYSPRO suppliers to the part number highlighted in the listview of the Browse on Approved Manufacturer Parts program.

Field Description
Stock code Indicate the SYSPRO stock code that is linked to the manufacturer's part number.

You use the Approved Manufacturers Parts program to define details of approved manufacturers' part numbers and to link these part numbers to your SYSPRO stock codes.
Approved Manuf. Supplier Maintenance  
Stock code This indicates the SYSPRO stock code to which you want to link the supplier.
Manufacturer This indicates the manufacturer of the part number linked to the SYSPRO stock code.
Manufacturer part number This indicates the manufacturer's part number.
Supplier Indicate the supplier code you want to link to the manufacturer's part number. This must be a valid SYSPRO supplier.
Supplier name This displays the name for the supplier code entered in the previous field.
Preferred

This option is currently documentary only, so no validation is performed. Its purpose will be activated in a later release of the program.

Option Description
Yes Select this to indicate that the current manufacturer part number?SYSPRO supplier link is the preferred combination for purchasing purposes.
No Select this to indicate that the current manufacturer part number/SYSPRO supplier link is not the preferred combination for purchasing purposes.
Supplier information  
Notes Select this to use the Admin Notepad Editor (Monospaced Text) program to enter up to six lines of free format notes for the supplier. This is optional.

If you enter more than six lines of notes, then the additional lines are ignored by the system.

Notes and warnings

Prerequisites

  • Before you use this program, you need to have entered details of approved manufacturers' part numbers and linked these part numbers to your SYSPRO stock codes using the Approved Manufacturers Parts program.

Inserting Application Help

You would typically follow this procedure to display help for the current program in a customized pane that can be pinned to the program window.

Information includes step-by-step instructions for the various functions available within the program, including a brief overview of what the program does, what setup options are required and how to personalize the program.

  1. Open the program for which you want to insert application help into a customized pane.

    This functionality is only available for a program that has panes.

  2. Right-click any form field.

    You can also click the triangle menu icon that appears in the title area of a pane.

  3. Select Insert Application Help from the context-sensitive menu.

    The application help appears in a pane within your program. You can reposition the pane using the docking stickers or pin it to the program window.

Removing the Application Help pane

If you no longer want to display application help in a pane for your current program, you can simply remove it.

  1. Select the Close icon in the right-hand corner of the application help pane.

  2. Confirm that you want to delete the pane.