Use a Supplier record to store your suppliers' names, contact details and payment terms. You can choose to record one supplier at a time, or you can use the Setup Wizard to import supplier details from Microsoft Outlook or a csv file. When you have recorded a supplier, it can be used throughout the system, for example:
§ When you set up and maintain the item library, listing Suppliers for each item, along with cost prices.
§ When you want to purchase an item, the supplier is a key element on the Purchase Order.
§ When you source materials for a Contract through the STRUMIS nesting and ordering facility, selecting Suppliers is an integral part of the process. This is applicable to both Prelim and Production Nesting and Ordering.
You can label a supplier as a steel mill. This means that a supplier can be used to process a nest with either supplier lengths or mill lengths. This can be used for mills that can also supply standard lengths of material. The lengths of steel that are available are handled differently depending on whether the supplier is a standard supplier or a steel mill:
§ For the purposes of selecting supplier lengths at the nesting process, available steel lengths are specified in the item library (Item - Purchasing Information > Supplier Lengths (button)). See About cost prices.
§ For the purposes of nesting to mill lengths, available steel lengths are specified on an ad hoc basis. Within the nesting wizard, this will be specified manually or within the AutoCut Settings mill parameters. Within a Purchase Order, this may be done when manually adding steels.
Access
To access supplier records, from the sidebar menu, go to Purchasing & Suppliers > Supplier.
When you create or edit a supplier record, you will use the Supplier form.