Item Suppliers

Defines an item that can be procured from a certain supplier.

The association can be date effective and also has a priority.

Fields

Field	Type	Description
supplier	supplier	Reference to the supplier. This is a key field and a required attribute.
item	item	Reference to the item. This is a key field and a required attribute. The item can point to a parent level in the item hierarchy. The supplier can then be used for any item belonging to that group.
location	location	Reference to the location where the supplier can be used to purchase this item. The default value of this field is empty. In such case the supplier is valid at any location.
cost	positive double	Purchasing cost.
leadtime	duration	Procurement lead time.
size_minimum	positive double	Minimum size for procurements. The default is 1.
size_multiple	positive double	All procurements must be a multiple of this quantity. The default is 0, i.e. no multiple to be considered.
effective_start	dateTime	Date when the record becomes valid.
effective_end	dateTime	Date when the record becomes valid.
resource	resource	Optionally, it refers to a resource that represents the supplier capacity. The referenced resource will typically be of type ‘buckets’.
resource_qty	positive double	Resource capacity consumed per purchased unit.
fence	duration	Release fence for the distribution operation. New shipments cannot be proposed within this time fence after the plan current date.
priority	integer	Priority of this supplier among all suppliers from which this item can be procured. A lower number indicates that this supplier is preferred when the item is required. This field is used when the search policy is PRIORITIY.