To make items in your inventory available to your trading partners on the Trading Partner Connect web site, you need to rationalize your products. Rationalizing your products converts, translates, and connects your product with like products in the system that are available. Keep the following things in mind when rationalizing products in your inventory.
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Quotation Marks |
Part numbers cannot contain quotation marks. The system rejects these items due to coding language restrictions. |
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Duplicates |
It is possible that more than one part number exists for the same product in your system. The rationalization takes place, but Trading Partner Connect does not allow more than one item from the same trading partner to be associated with the same manufacturer’s item. For example, part numbers MMM 42305 and MMM-42305 both exist in your system. Both items rationalize to 3M item 511004423056. When the update runs, Trading Partner Connect rejects both products. It is best to review your data, apply any changes, and submit the vendor codes for rationalization. |
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Manufacturer Data |
When submitting an item rationalization request, note the number of items available in the manufacturer database. Activant is continually building this database and establishing relationships with manufacturers. At times, the number of items is limited or certain divisions have not been imported. To correct this, you can e-mail or post data you have received from the manufacturer to your implementation consultant, the data rationalization specialist, or the Trading Partner Connect account manager. |
See Also:
Inventory Availability Through Trading Partner Connect Overview