Setting up vendors for Supplier Access

  1. Select Vendor > Setup > Vendor.
  2. Open the vendor record, and then click Supplier Access.
  3. Click Edit.
  4. Select Allow Supplier Access.
  5. In the Product ID Type field, select the Product field value to send to the supplier with a request. You must have previously established an association between the Distribution SX.e Product number and these product ID types:
    • Universal Product Code (UPC): Set up in Product UPC Information Setup
    • Buyers Part Number: Defaults to the product set up in Product Setup
    • Alternate Item Number: Set up in
    • Manufacturer Part #: Set up in SA Table Code Value SetupProduct Extended Product Cross Reference Setup and Product Setup
    • Vendor Part #: Set up in Product Warehouse Product Setup
  6. Select HTTP or FTP to determine how the request for product availability is transmitted to the vendor.
  7. If HTTP was selected , specify this information:
    • URL: Specify the supplier's HTTP system URL address.
    • Password: Specify the supplier's password needed to connect to that supplier's system. The password is stored as plain text with no encryption/decryption.
    • User ID: Specify the supplier's user name needed to connect to that supplier's system.
  8. If FTP was selected , specify this information:
    • IP Address: Specify the supplier's FTP system TCP/IP address.
    • Password: Specify the supplier's password needed to connect to that supplier's system. The password is stored as plain text with no encryption/decryption.
    • User ID: Specify the supplier's user name needed to connect electronically to that supplier's system.
    • System Code: Specify the FTP System Type Code, such as IBM or VMS, that controls the file name format for the FTP operation.
  9. Click Save.
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