This activity is used to enter general supplier purchase information that will be used as default values on a purchase order. This can for example be a supplier statistics group, a buyer, any additions, payment terms, and currency.
You can also enter information on whether the supplier has been quality, environment, code of conduct, or credit approved by your company. The environment, code of conduct and credit approvals are for informational purposes only.
The mandatory fields in the Purchase/General sub-tab of the Supplier page are: Supplier Statistics Group, Buyer, Payment Terms, and Currency.
To search for this information you can open the Suppliers - Procurement Specific Information.
If the supplier is also entered as a customer and the charge/no charge functionality
will be used, enter the customer number for the supplier in the Customer
No field. This is mandatory when using the charge/no charge functionality.
Note: Customers of Prospect category and those who do not have
data on the Customer/Order
tab are not allowed to use the Charge/No Charge functionality. However, they
will be displayed on the
Customer/CRM Info
tab.
Note: Customers of Prospect category and those who do not have data on the Customer/Order tab are not allowed to use the Charge/No Charge functionality. However, they will be displayed on the Customer/CRM Info tab.
As a result of this activity, the information entered in the Purchase/General sub-tab of the Supplier page will be set as default when entering a purchase order for the specific supplier.