Flagging Products as Vendor Managed Inventory

For products whose replenishment is managed by vendors, you need to identify the branches in which the product is vendor-managed.

The following procedure describes a manual process for setting up a single product. Use the Mass Load program to enter inventory parameters for groups of products.

To flag products as vendor managed inventory:

From the Maintenance menu, select Product to display the Product Maintenance window.
Display the product record for the product you want to change.
From the Inventory menu, select Primary Inventory Maintenance to display the Primary Inventory Maintenance window.

From the Edit menu, select EDI/VMI Maintenance to display the Product EDI/VMI Maintenance window.
From the File menu, select Hierarchy and enter the hierarchy branch to view the settings for a specific branch and where those settings came from.

All territories that contain that branch display in the Branch column in the Product EDI/VMI Maintenance window in territory priority order. For more information, see Branch Hierarchy Details.

In the Managed column for each branch, enter one of the following:

Yes - The EDI vendor manages the product.
No - The EDI vendor does not manage the product.
blank - The EDI vendor manages stock items by default.

The following table shows the status transmitted to the vendor for stock and nonstock items in an 852 report:

Product Status	VMI Flag	Status Transmitted
Stock	Blank	A - Active.
Stock	Yes	A - Active.
Stock	No	X - Do not manage.
Nonstock	Blank	X - Do not manage.
Nonstock	Yes	D - Do not stock. Manage only in a backorder situation.
Nonstock	No	X - Do not manage.

Save your changes and return to the previous window.

You must exit Product Maintenance for changes to take effect.