Vendor Maintenance

You use this activity to do the following:

Define vendors for components
Specify which components vendors can supply
Control whether the system users can receive components supplied by this vendor into floor stock and/or consume components into an assembly in the system

The following table describes fields requiring explanation:

Field	Description
Components Can Be Received	If selected, allows users to receive all components from this vendor into floor stock in the system
Components Can Be Consumed	If selected, allows operators to record assembly consumption for all components from this vendor in the system
Component	Corresponds to the Material field in Material Maintenance
Start Date	The day and time users can start doing one or both of the following: Receiving this component into floor stock in the system Recording assembly consumption for this component in the system
End Date	The day and time users can no longer do one or both of the following: Receiving this component into floor stock in the system Recording assembly consumption for this component in the system
Receivable	Yes: Users can receive this component into floor stock in the system No: Users cannot receive this component into floor stock in the system
Consumable	Yes: Operators can record this component in the system when consumed in assemblies No: Operators cannot record this component in the system when consumed in assemblies