Entering RFQ Supplier Information

Use the RFQ Suppliers window to:

To enter RFQ supplier information:

  1. Navigate to the RFQ Suppliers window by selecting the Suppliers button in the RFQs window. For each supplier that you enter, Purchasing displays the Printed and Responded dates as well as the Count of the number of times the RFQ has been printed. The Responded date is the receipt date recorded for the quotation from the supplier.

    The Include In Next RFQ Printing check box is checked when you add a supplier. You can postpone printing the RFQ for a supplier by deselecting the check box. After you print the RFQ for a supplier, Purchasing deselects this field. If you want to reprint the RFQ for a supplier, you must use this window to select the field again.

  2. Enter a unique sequence number for the supplier on the RFQ Suppliers list. Purchasing uses this sequence number to print your RFQs for these suppliers.

  3. Enter the name of the active Supplier you want to place on the RFQ Supplier list. The list of values displays the supplier name, number, Tax ID number, and VAT number.

  4. Enter the Supplier Site you want to place on the RFQ Supplier list for this supplier. You can choose only sites that you defined as RFQ Only suppliers. You cannot enter the same supplier site twice.

  5. Enter the name of the Contact for this site

  6. If you want to postpone printing the RFQ for a supplier, you can deselect Select for Printing.

To add suppliers from supplier lists:

  1. Select the Add From List button in the RFQ Suppliers window to open the Supplier Lists window. This window is a display-only version of the Supplier Lists window, but includes only the Supplier List name, Description, and a Count of the number of suppliers on the list. See: Defining Supplier Lists.

  2. Select any supplier list for which you want to copy all suppliers to the RFQ. Suppliers already on the RFQ are omitted.

  3. Select the Apply button to close the window and add these suppliers to the RFQ. Otherwise, you can select the Cancel button to return to the RFQ Suppliers window without adding suppliers from a list.

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