Assigning Virtual Supplier Products

Before you can source or route products on sales orders to other vendors or branches, assign them to the customer who wants to order them. In addition, to route a direct order through another vendor, assign a vendor to the products.

Before you begin, set up the branches to use for either sourcing or routing.

To assign a virtual supplier product:

From the Files menu, select Customer to display the Customer Maintenance screen.
In the Customer/New field, enter the name of the customer for whom you want to enter virtual supplier information.

If more than one customer matches your entry, a selection list displays. Select the customer's name from the list and press Enter to return to the Customer Maintenance screen. The screen displays the customer's information.

Use the Add'l Info hot key, and then the Virtual Supplier hot key to display the Virtual Supplier Maintenance screen.

The system populates the Customer field with the name of the customer you entered in step 2.

Copy another customer's products, if needed.
In the Product Type column, do one of the following:

To assign...	Enter...
a product	. (a period), followed by the product ID, or the product name or a keyword. If more than one product matches your entry, a selection list displays. Select the product from the list and press Enter to return it to the Virtual Supplier Maintenance screen.
a price line	/ (a forward slash) or LINE~, followed by the price line ID.
a buy line	$ (a dollar sign) or BUY~, followed by the buy line ID.
a GL product type	+ (a plus sign) or GL~, followed by the G/L product type.
all products	ALL.

Note: To locate the product, price line, buy line, or GL product code, use the Find Product Type hot key.

If you are routing this product, in the Vendor column, enter the name of the ship-from vendor who will always ship it to the customer.

If more than one vendor matches your entry, a selection list displays. Select the vendor's name from the list and press Enter to return to the Virtual Supplier Maintenance screen. The system populates the Vend ID column with the vendor's ID number.

In the PrcBr column, enter the number that identifies the branch to use to source or route the product.

Note: The determination of whether the branch is a sourcing or routing branch is set up in the Define Routing Vs. Sourcing control maintenance record.

In the ShpBr column, enter the number that identifies the branch that will ship the product to the customer.
When you have finished entering products, press Esc to save the information and exit the screen.