Viewing Supplier Properties

About Supplier Properties

Using the Properties window, you can view all the information associated with a particular object.  The Properties window appears in the User Task pane of the CES interface.  The information is organized by tabs, which displays the object's property, history, and relationships.  You can also modify your objects and their relationships in the Properties window using a variety of buttons provided.

A Supplier Item is an item from a supplier, usually defined by a unique supplier identifier number that may be related to more than one manufacturer item number. The Supplier Item Properties page will display those attributes about the item that is key to the organization's categorization of the item. A Supplier is an external company that supplies these items to the internal organization.

When Viewing Supplier Properties

  • The Supplier Properties option on the shortcut menu in the Search Results window, is only available for internal and manufacturer items.
  • When you select the various tabs contained within the Properties window of an item, each tab will display different attributes depending on the type of part being viewed.

Accessing Supplier Properties

Within CES, there are many methods of accessing Supplier Properties information. To complete the scenario below, select one of the following methods to access the Supplier Properties window:

 
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Search Results Window

  1. Follow the steps to search for an internal or manufacturing item.

  2. In the Search Results window, select the items that you want to view properties.

  3. Right-click the object and select Supplier Properties from the shortcut menu.

Relationship Navigator

  1. From the Relationship Navigator window, select the internal or manufacturing items that you want to view properties.

  2. Right-click and select Supplier Properties from the shortcut menu.

Favorites
  1. From Favorites, select the internal or manufacturing items that you want to view properties.

  2. Right-click and select Supplier Properties from the shortcut menu.

How To View Supplier Properties

This task explains how to view Supplier Properties:
  1. From the Search Results window, select internal or manufacturing items of which you want to view the supplier properties.  The shortcut menu appears.

     

  2. Right-click and select Supplier Properties from the shortcut menu.  The Supplier Properties window appears.

Supplier Properties Window

This table describes the fields displayed in the Supplier Properties window.

 

Tabs Description
Address Mailing  and physical address of the supplier organization.
Contacts Personnel within the supplier organization that are focal points for questions and order placement.
Hierarchy The organizational structure of the supplier company with regard to parent and subsidiary divisions.
Trading Partners Stock Trading identification and information.
Attachments Documents that add value to the supplier database including pricing catalogs, etc.
Notes Notations regarding the supplier that can be easily accessed for future reference.


This table describes the buttons displayed in the Supplier Properties window:

Button Description
Open in New Window - Opens the current supplier in a new window.
Add to Navigator - Adds the supplier to the Relationship Navigator window.
Bookmark - Places the supplier in the Favorites window.