You use this program to maintain the approved manufacturers from whom your company obtains parts.
Once you have defined your approved manufacturers, you use the Browse on Approved Manufacturers Parts program to define the manufacturers' part numbers and to link these part numbers to your SYSPRO stock codes.
From the Browse on Approved Manufacturers Parts program, you use the Suppliers for Stock Code program to enter the approved SYSPRO suppliers of these parts.
You typically use these programs if you source parts from numerous manufacturers, and need to specify from which manufacturer you sourced a specific part or you want to link a specific supplier with a preferred manufacturer (see Example).
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Approved Manufacturer | Enter a code for a new manufacturer or to indicate the code of the manufacturer you want to maintain. |
| Approved Manufacturer Maintenance | |
| Manufacturer | This indicates the code of the manufacturer you are currently maintaining. |
| Manufacturer name | Enter the name of the manufacturer you want to link to this manufacturer's code. |
| Manufacturer information | |
| Notes | Select this to use the Text Editor program
to enter up to six lines of free format notes for the
manufacturer. This is optional. If you enter more than six lines of notes, then the additional lines are ignored by the system. |
Following is an example of the use of the Approved Manufacturers facility:
When you purchase 5 foot fluorescent light bulbs / tubes, you only buy specific brands because you have had some bad experiences.
Create a stock code for the 5' fluorescent tube. In this example, the SYSPRO part number is "FluorTube5".
Use the Approved Manufacturer Maintenance program define the manufacturers (i.e. not suppliers, the original manufacturers) who manufacture the fluorescent tube makes you are willing to purchase. In this example, the approved manufacturers are Osram, Philips and General Electric.
Use the Approved Manufacturer Part Number Maintenance program to add a relationship between your stock code, the original manufacturer, and the original manufacturer's part/model number. In this example, against stock code "FluorTube5" there are three entries:
- one entry for the Osram model which is 17-889-12
- one entry for the Philips model number which is A30278
- one entry for the General Electric model number which is B17-777.
You can also enter supplier codes against these entries. From the Approved Manufacturer Part Number Maintenance program, you use the Suppliers for Stock Code program to enter the approved SYSPRO suppliers of these parts. In this example, supplier code 0000001 was defined against both the General Electric B17-777 part and the Philips A30278 part. The Osram part is not available from this supplier.
When you add a purchase order against supplier 000001, you can either specify the stock code as "FluorTube5", or browse on the Approved Manufacturers parts list and select the relevant manufacturer's part number. If you specify the stock code FluorTube5 in the stock code field, the relevant manufacturers' part numbers are stored on the line. Depending on how you defined your purchase order document format, the manufacturer's part number section either prints all the different manufacturers and their part numbers that you will accept for FluorTube5, or only those that the selected supplier supplies.
Application Help Panes provide step-by-step instructions for various functions within the program, including a brief overview of what the program does, what setup options are required and how to personalize the program. The intention is that the pane provides information that is uncluttered and easy to navigate.
You can embed an Application Help Pane:
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in the main SYSPRO menu
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in any program with panes, if not using roles
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when adding a role layout in Design Mode.
Inserting Application Help
You would typically follow this procedure to display help for the current program in a customized pane that can be pinned to the program window.
Information includes step-by-step instructions for the various functions available within the program, including a brief overview of what the program does, what setup options are required and how to personalize the program.
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Open the program for which you want to insert application help into a customized pane.
This functionality is only available for a program that has panes.
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Right-click any form field.
You can also click the triangle menu icon that appears in the title area of a pane.
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Select Insert Application Help from the context-sensitive menu.
The application help appears in a pane within your program. You can reposition the pane using the docking stickers or pin it to the program window.
Removing the Application Help pane
If you no longer want to display application help in a pane for your current program, you can simply remove it.
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Select the Close icon in the right-hand corner of the application help pane.
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Confirm that you want to delete the pane.