Setting Up Emergency Vendors for Branches

Use the Procurement Group Maintenance screen to identify vendors from whom each branch can procure emergency stock. Typically, emergency vendor are based on location. This identification allows Sales Order Entry personnel to schedule purchase orders for back-ordered items.

To identify emergency procurement vendors for a branch:

From the Purch > Maintenance menu, select Procurement Group Maintenance to display the Procurement Group Maintenance screen.
In the Group ID field, enter the ID of the procure group for which you want to set up emergency vendors and press Enter to display the group.
Use the Vendors hot key to display the Emergency Procure Vendors screen.
Place the cursor on a blank line and enter the Vendor you want to use for emergency purchasing or press F10 and select one of the following:
*BUYLINE* – Lists any emergency vendors identified for the buy line. Vendors display in the order that they display in Procurement Group Maintenance. To set up vendors for a buy line, see Assigning Vendors to Buy Lines.
*ANY* – Lists all vendors outside the normal replenishment vendors.

Note: You cannot list an emergency vendor in the Emergency Procure Vendors field more than once. If the vendor you enter is already in the list, the system displays a message prompting you to press Enter and indicate a different vendor.

Press Esc to return to the main menu.

Note: If the Exclude From Ship-To/Ship-From Selection If Excluded From Index control maintenance record is set to Y and the Exclude from Index parameter is set to N, then the vendor does not display in the selection list for emergency vendors. See Vendor Maintenance for a complete description.