Defining Approved Supplier Statuses
You can create any number of Approved Supplier Statuses to describe the condition of the Approved Supplier. Each Approved Supplier Status can have Business Rules applied to manage the characteristics of the status. For example, the default status of Approved allows all the default business rules: PO Approval, Sourcing, Schedule Confirmation, and Manufacturer Linking. But you could change the Approved status to prevent one of the Business Rules. Likewise, you can create your own status with your own combination of Business Rules.
To define Approved Supplier Statuses:
1. Navigate to the Approved Supplier List Statuses window.
2. Enter a unique Status name.
3. Enter a status Description to convey the meaning of the status.
4. Optionally check Approved Supplier List Default to set this status as a default.
This is the status that appears as the default for suppliers you add to the Approved Supplier List window. (You can change a supplier's status from within the Approved Supplier List window.)
Note: You can only have one Approved Supplier Status as a default.
5. Optionally choose a date for Inactive On to set the time when the status will no longer be active.
6. If you choose to apply Business rules to the Approved Supplier Status, choose a Control. By choosing a Control, you either Allow or Prevent the Business Rule.
7. Select a Business Rule.
- PO Approval - Enables you to allow or prevent purchase order approvals sourced to this supplier.
- Sourcing - Enables you to allow or prevent sourcing to this supplier.
- Schedule Confirmation - Enables you to allow or prevent schedule confirmation for this supplier in Supplier Scheduling.
- Manufacturer Link - In the Approved Supplier List window, you choose a Business from one of the following: Direct (Supplier), Manufacturer, or Distributor. If you have a Distributor defined in the Approved Supplier List window, this Business Rule enables you to allow or prevent linking to the Manufacturer also defined in the Approved Supplier List window.
See Also
Defining Planners
Defining Supplier Lists
View Approved Suppliers
Defining the Supplier and Item/Commodity Combination
