Associate Vendors to an Item RecordAssociate Vendors to an Item RecordYou use the Item Master (SP) application to associate vendors to an item record and manage a list of vendors that supply the item. You can also specify whether a vendor is the default vendor for the item in the organization. If you select the Default Vendor? checkbox, when you add the item to a workplan as a direct issue item or create a requisition for the item, the default vendor's information and other details about the item (such as make, model, catalog code, and unit cost) are copied to the requisition. You can change the vendor on the work plan or requisition. Each item in an organization can have one default vendor.
You create vendors in the Companies application, and store them at the organization level. The list of available vendors is filtered to show only those created for the organizations and company set to which you belong. You can create a list that includes vendors from which you have already ordered, as well as vendors you have not used. You can then use the historical vendor data to compare vendor prices and delivery information.
Display the item record to which you want to associate a vendor.
Click the Vendors tab to display the vendors that stock the item, if any.
In the Vendors table window, click New Row. The Row Details open.
In the Vendor field, enter a value or click
Detail Menu 
to select a value and
retrieve a vendor. The vendor's name, description, and currency are returned.
In the Promised Lead Time (Days) field, enter the number of days it takes the vendor to supply the item.
If appropriate, select Default Vendor? if the vendor is the default vendor for this item.
Fill in additional fields as needed. An asterisk (*) indicates a required field.
If appropriate, click New Row to enter additional vendors.
After you have
added the vendor(s), click Save Item 
to associate the
vendor(s) to the item record.