Definition
The Supplier Level shown in StockIQ, primarily in the Purchase screens, refers to the priority of the supplier for a given item when that supplier is supplying into a given site. Some suppliers are primary (level = 1), secondary (level = 2), and so on.
Most of the time the primary supplier setting is loaded from your ERP system, but StockIQ can calculate this if you wish based on a few different criteria. So, if you have multiple suppliers for an item, StockIQ can help calculate your primary, secondary, tertiary etc. priority of vendors based on rules such as shortest lead time, lowest cost, or a combination of the two.
Note: A supplier is not necessarily a vendor, the primary supplier for a particular Item-Site may be a transferring warehouse, such as in a hub-spoke scenario
Applies To
All items in StockIQ