You can associate vendors with a stocked tool and manage
a list of vendors that supply a tool. The list can include vendors
from which you have already ordered and vendors that you have not
used. You can use the historical vendor data to compare vendor prices
and delivery information.
Before you begin
Before you can associate vendors to a stocked tool, you must
create the vendors in the Companies application.
Procedure
- In the Stocked Tools application, select the tool to which
you want to associate vendors.
- On the Vendors tab, click New
Row.
- Specify a value for the vendor. The values
for the vendor, the vendor description, the currency, and the tax
code are provided.
- In the Promised Lead Time (Days) field,
specify the number of days for the vendor to supply the tool.
- Optional: In the Receipt
Tolerance % field, specify or modify the percentage of
stocked tools that can be received over the quantity ordered.
- Optional: If the stocked tool is
not taxable, select the Tax Exempt check box.
The buyer for your organization determines the tax-exempt status of
tools.
- Optional: Complete the remaining fields to
further define the vendor.
- Save your changes.