Making Inventory Available in Trading Partner Connect

To sell your products through Trading Partner Connect, you must rationalize the products you want to make available so they display on the web site and are available for your partners to see. Create rationalization requests through the Trading Partner Connect website to rationalize your products.

Note: After you successfully rationalize products, the view only TPCx Rationalized check box is selected in the Product Miscellaneous Information window in Product Maintenance (from Product Maintenance, select Additional Data > Miscellaneous Data).

For detailed information about reviewing the status of your rationalization requests, see the Trading Partner Connect online help accessible through the www.tpcx.com web site. Click the Help link in the upper right corner of the page.

To create a rationalization request on www.tpcx.com:

Log in to www.tpcx.com and select Inventory to display the Item Rationalization Create Request page.
In the Select Manufacturer field, select the manufacturer you want to rationalize.

The Items Available for Rationalization Comparison field displays the total number of items in your inventory that you can rationalize against the manufacturer's inventory.

In the Enter your ID for this Manufacturer field, enter the ID of the manufacturer as it displays in Eclipse.

This is the vendor's ID number that displays in the lower left corner of Vendor Maintenance in Solar. The vendor's ID displays in the upper right corner in Eterm.

In the Select Item Type field, select one of the following types to indicate which items you want to rationalize:

Option	Description
All Items	Creates the item rationalization request for both stock and non-stock items. If the same part numbers exist in both your stock and non-stock items, do not select this option. The system sees repeated part numbers as duplicates and rejects the items for rationalization.
Inventory Only	Creates the item rationalization request for only items you consider stock items in your inventory.
Catalog Only	Creates the item rationalization request for only non-stock items in your product file.

Click Create to create and send your rationalization request for the selected manufacturer.

When your request is processed and the manufacturer has responded, you receive an e-mail sent to the address associated with your Trading Partner Connect log in account.