ssolberg
VIP Member
I'm familiar enough with these to be dangerous but a new question has come up that has me stumped. It appears that the existing way Requistions are done are very much "supplier # and part number" based. What I mean is that in order to fill out an OR, you have to supply a "supplier #" and then some part numbers.
What has come up is that for most all cases, our part numbers have a supplier # attached (at the branch level) to it and we also may have a contract setup in JDE for that part/supplier as well. So the question becomes, "why can't I setup an OR without having to know a supplier # since that is all on the part in the first place?". The example they give me is "the guy out in the field could care less where the part is coming from, he just wants to requisition these 10 parts. They might come from 5 different suppliers because of best pricing (or contracts or just preferred). The "buyer" would simply have to review the OR's that are out there (by their buyer # or supplier # for example) and "approve" them and create the necessary PO's.
I've read up on things and am I just missing something here? It seems like I can't really do what they are asking of JDE? Am I making sense?
What has come up is that for most all cases, our part numbers have a supplier # attached (at the branch level) to it and we also may have a contract setup in JDE for that part/supplier as well. So the question becomes, "why can't I setup an OR without having to know a supplier # since that is all on the part in the first place?". The example they give me is "the guy out in the field could care less where the part is coming from, he just wants to requisition these 10 parts. They might come from 5 different suppliers because of best pricing (or contracts or just preferred). The "buyer" would simply have to review the OR's that are out there (by their buyer # or supplier # for example) and "approve" them and create the necessary PO's.
I've read up on things and am I just missing something here? It seems like I can't really do what they are asking of JDE? Am I making sense?