On supplier tab information about purchasing, service/calibration and integration are stored.
| Option name | Functionality |
| Vendor | Specifies vendor of this item. Orders for this item are sent to this vendor. Vendor is mandatory once item status is set to ’Released’.
This field is not available for assemblies. |
| Order code | Order code used by vendor to identify of this item (f.e. catalog number). This code is used in purchase orders.
This field is not available for assemblies. |
| Purchase price | Current price of one unit of this item when item is purchased from the vendor. Price is set for purchase unit and in currency specified by vendor. Purchase price is used to calculate standard cost of item and can be shown on SFI during picking operation.
If vendor currency is different from system default currency, recalculation of price to system default currency is shown (recalculation is based always on current conversion ratio). See currencies for more information. This field is not available for assemblies. |
| Purchase gross price | Current gross price of one unit of this item when item is purchased from the vendor. Price is set for purchase unit and in currency specified by vendor. Purchase gross price can be shown on SFI during picking operation.
If vendor currency is different from system default currency, recalculation of price to system default currency is shown (recalculation is based always on current conversion ratio). See currencies for more information. This field is not available for assemblies. |
| Standard cost | Average cost to obtain additional item to production. Calculated as average cost to purchase new items and service items already in production. Value is calculated automatically and it is used to determine usage cost for picked items.
Cost is calculated and shown per dispense unit, always in system default currency. Read more information about standard cost and its calculation. |
| Barcode | Specifies barcode of this item. According to this setting barcode scanner can be used to search for this item. When barcode is specified, item will be shown on barcode report |
| Purchase unit of measure | Specifies in which units this item is purchased.
If purchase unit is different than dispense unit set on item general information, conversion ratio must be specified to define how purchase units will be calculated into dispense units. Quantity in purchase orders will be always in purchase units. When working with ordered items on SFI (restock, receive goods), purchased quantity is shown converted to dispense units. For more information, see units of measure. |
| Purchase package quantity | Specify how many purchase units of item must be ordered to follow package quantity provided by vendor.
When scheduled script will add item to purchase order, item will be always added only in multiples of its purchase package quantity. This field is not available for assemblies. |
| Lead time | Specifies lead time of this item when new items are ordered. If lead time is set also on vendor level, item lead time has higher priority.
When order of this item is set to ’Active’ state, expected delivery date is calculated based on the lead time. This date can be later manually changed from the order detail or automatically changed from B2B vendor response (if set).This field is not available for assemblies. |
| Manufacturer | Specifies manufacturer of this item. When integration information are setup for this manufacturer, item data can be obtained from the DDS system.
This field is not available for assemblies. |
| Manufacturer item ID | Specifies code for identification in external system specified by manufacturer.
This field is not available for assemblies. |
| Value added services | Allows to specify identification of additional services requested from the vendor when purchasing new items. This information then can be used in order template tags to be a part of order sent to vendor. It is also added to XML based orders (including orders sent to B2B interface). |
For durable items, it is possible to activate service/calibration. Once active additional fields needs to be filled to provide additional information about service of the item. Read more details about service process.
| Option name | Functionality |
| Type | Specifies what type of service is performed on an item. Selected type is for reporting purposes only, it will not affect service flow of the item. |
| Restock from service as | Specifies item condition in which item is returned from service.
Condition will affect to which location durable item is restocked from service (which location rule is required) and what condition will be set for serialized item after restock from service. |
| Service vendor | Specifies vendor, which is dedicated to handle service/calibration requests. Depending on vendor settings (internal/external) item is put to internal service list or external service order when service/calibration is about to happen |
| Service code | Code used by service vendor to identify this item. This code is used in service orders |
| Service price | Price of service, set per dispense unit, in service vendor currency.
If service vendor currency is different from system default currency, recalculation of price to system default currency is shown (recalculation is based always on current conversion ratio). See currencies for more information. |
| Service lead time | Specifies lead time of this item when this item is added to service order. If service lead time is set also on vendor level, item service lead time has higher priority. When service order of this item is set to ’Active’ state, expected delivery date is calculated based on the lead time. This date can be later manually changed from the order detail or automatically changed from B2B vendor response (if set). |
| Minimum quantity for service | Specifies minimum amount of pieces requesting service, allowing these pieces to be added to service order or service list by automatic scheduled script. Until there is not enough pieces requesting service in all places checked by a script, these pieces will be ignored by the script.
Script’s rule for total minimum quantity of items for service still applies (read more information about the rule). Item still could be added to service order or list manually regardless this setting. |
For serialized items additional fields are displayed to enable automatic service of specific item instances.
When item instance (physical item with the serial number) is determined to be serviced based on these criteria, instance change status to ‘Service’.
This item instance cannot be picked by users and will be added to service order by automatic scheduled script or can be added there manually (same like if item is on service location):
| Option name | Functionality |
| Time interval | Specifies time interval before item instance is set to service. Beginning of interval is date and time of item restock (from order or service) |
| Due date | Specifies date in the future after which item is marked to service. Once this date pass, it must be updated manually |
| Time after first use | Specifies time after first item use after which item is set to service. First pick after instance restock (from order or service) is considered as a first use. |
| Number of times used | Specifies number of use before item is set to service. As one use is considered one pick and return operation. When item is moved to a new CA using move function, each CA is considered as one use |
| Time picked | Specifies time when item is in production before it is automatically set to service. Time in production is determined as time between pick and return of the item |