When creating work orders, the system requires a vendor to complete the order. All vendors are valid, however, if you process any work order steps in-house, a vendor must be created for your company's service process. For example, you may send out products that need to be painted, but you assemble or cut products at your warehouse. Use a current vendor to enter the painting step on a work order, but create an internal vendor for the assembly step. Use Vendor Work Order Processing Maintenance to assign default values for the vendor's setup and process costs per process.
To create a vendor record for a service process:
From the Maintenance menu, select Vendor to display the Vendor Maintenance window.
Create a vendor record. If this is an internal vendor, in the Name field, enter a vendor that describes the internal process to perform, for example, Assembly Vendor - In House.
From the Orders menu, select Work Order Processing Maintenance to display the Vendor Work Order Processing Maintenance.
Complete any of the following fields, as needed, for each vendor process:
Note: Leave any field blank that has a value that changes depending on the type of material modified.
Column | Description |
Process | A description of the work to perform, such as Assembly or Painting. Select from the validated list. Setup your processes using the |
Days | The number of days required to complete the step. The default value is 2. |
Setup Cost | A dollar amount that identifies any costs incurred in preparation for processing one unit of the product. |
Process Cost | A dollar amount that identifies any labor or other costs incurred during the process per specified unit of measure. |
UM | The proportions of a specific item as it is costed for processing. These values include:
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Save the information and return to the Vendor Maintenance window.
From the Additional menu, select Additional Vendor Information to display the Additional Vendor Information window.
If you created an internal vendor, do the following:
In the Override G/L Account Number field, enter the override account number.
In the right-hand pane, select No Order Entry to make sure that other orders are not created with this vendor.
Note: Never assign an override G/L account number to an external vendor, as a payable is involved.
If prompted that no active branches or territories are assigned, select Yes to display the Accessible Branches window and assign branches and territories to the vendor.
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