Use this activity to enter manufacturers that supply a company part number.
For each of your company's parts, you enter one or more manufacturers that make that part. You can enter part manufacturers either in IFS/Part Catalog or as a step when you create a new engineering part.
When you enter manufacturers, one (and only one) must be selected as the preferred manufacturer for the part. By default, the system automatically selects the first manufacturer record entered as the preferred manufacturer.
Note: To change the preferred manufacturer, you must use either the Part Manufacturer page or the Part Manufacturers page.
The manufacturer must exist in the Manufacturer page.