Supplier & Partner Management

Benefits

• Ensure accurate information on approved supplier, design partner and contract manufacturer relationships via a central repository.
• Drive active partner participation in product development by enabling controlled, self-service access to manage parts and related documentation.
• Improve part management efficiency by centrally managing comprehensive supplier catalogs, quotes, and costs.

Details

• Central supplier database: Centrally manage identification and account information for all suppliers and manufacturers including email, phone, and fax details for unlimited key contacts.
• Approved vendor and manufacturer lists (AVL / AML): Globally track a supplier as approved, disapproved or unrated. At a glance, view approved vendors and manufacturers for a given component along with other unapproved sources.
• AVL / AML versioning: Track history and control changes to the approved vendor and manufacturer lists of a component via flexible version control.
• AML redlining: Quickly view differences between two approved manufacturer lists to evaluate change history.
• Supplier notes: Add detailed supplier comments to document capabilities and offerings of specific suppliers.
• Catalog management: Manage entire supplier catalog in a single location, and view by part or by supplier.
• Full vendor spec: Track full component specifications including supplier and manufacturer part numbers, part names and custom attributes.
• Item number cross-reference: Associate internal part numbers with supplier and manufacturer part number for easy, accurate ordering.
• Off-the-shelf vs. made-to-spec: Track whether components are purchased off-the-shelf as a commodity product or made to your custom specifications.
• File management: Track, store and associate manufacturing documentation such as datasheets, compliance documentation and application notes in a single centralized location.
• Flexible BOM views: Evaluate the bill of material using multiple views including a single-level (flat) BOM, indented BOM specifying build order, and sourcing BOM identifying all manufacturers and suppliers for all sourced items.
• Supplier self service: Grant preferred suppliers self-service access to update vendor specifications, documentation, notes, lead times, and component-level quotes.
• Supplier requests: Enable suppliers to initiate, participate in and track requests.
• Supplier item subscription: Enable suppliers to subscribe to automatic notifications in the application or via email anytime one of their items are related data is affected by a change order.
• View sourcing relationships: Grant suppliers access to your supply relationships enabling them to source components through your supply chain.
• Purchase order tracking: Track PO details such as quantity, promise / receipt date and cost to support cost estimates based on actual purchase transactions.
• Automatic unit of measure and cost conversion: Use automatic purchase-to-actual unit of measure conversion to generate cost-adjusted prototype and production estimates.
• Optional reference content access: Link to Avnet Prómiere to view environmental and obsolescence reference information.
• Supplier and supplier item export: Easily export complete supplier and sourcing data via a configurable wizard for .csv and .pdx (xml) files.

 

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