Setting Up Emergency Vendors for Branches

Use Procurement Group Maintenance 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 Purchase > Maintenance menu, select Procurement Group Maintenance to display the Procurement Group Maintenance window.
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.
From the Information menu, select Vendors to display the Emergency Procure Vendors window.
Place the cursor on a blank line and enter the vendor name you want to use for emergency purchasing:

*BUYLINE* - Lists any emergency vendors identified for the buy line. Vendors display in the order that they display in Procurement Group Maintenance. See Assigning Vendors to Buy Lines to set up vendors in for a buy line.
*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.

In the Default Lead Time field, enter the number of days you want to use for lead time.
Click OK to save your changes.
Save your changes and exit the window.

Note: If the Exclude From Ship-To/Ship-From Selection If Excluded From Indexcontrol maintenance record is set to Yes and the Exclude from Index parameter is set to No, then the vendor does not display in the selection list for emergency vendors. See Vendor Maintenance for a complete description.