This is where you’ll find the settings for supplier signage. These tags are closely linked to purchasing.
Supplier identification #
Here we define the rules for building a unique identification for a supplier.
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Inactive numbering: you’ll be asked to enter a short, uppercase ID. The list of illegal characters allows you to prevent certain characters in this identification.
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You can activate supplier numbering with a mandatory prefix. As the field is alphanumeric, you will be asked to enter a number of digits to enable numeric sorting in line with an alphanumeric field. We recommend “SUPP” as the prefix and a minimum of 6 digits to have enough numbers in reserve. Adding a digit after the fact is a costly and time-consuming technical operation.
Astuce
We don’t recommend the numbering mode, preferring a short, clear mnemonic.
Valeur initiales / Initials values #
Set initial values for new suppliers. These can be modified later.
Chaine Achats / Purchases chain #
- Purchase conditions: Define the purchase conditions to be taken into account by default when searching for a purchase price if not defined in the purchase logs (or in the supplier).
- Document rounding calculation mode : Document totals may vary according to the method used. Here are the suggested methods. These can be changed in documents on a case-by-case basis:
- Rounding by VAT rate,
- Rounding by line (in total line value),
- Rounding by unit price after discount (with an extra decimal place),
- 2+1 method.
Astuce
We strongly recommend the 0 method, which is the most widely used ! Be careful not to change this parameter after your system has been commissioned.
- Basic supplier discount in header
If you have extremely simple management of your supplier discounts. By activating this setting, the discount will be applied to all your prices, as it is calculated at document total level.
Attention
Not recommended. This over-simplistic policy doesn’t allow you to particularize according to the items purchased.
If not activated, if defined in the supplier master record, a supplier discount will be applied to each line when the line is initialized. If other discounts are applied to an item, these will overwrite the default discount.
- Extra supplier discount in the header.
If you have extremely simple management of your supplier discounts. By activating this, the extra discount will be applied to all your prices, as it is calculated at document total level.
Attention
Not recommended. This over-simplistic policy does not allow you to customize according to the items purchased.
If not activated, if defined in the supplier master record, a supplier discount will be applied to each line when the line is initialized. If other discounts are applied to an item, these will overwrite the default discount.
Email to suppliers #
In Silicon ioi, you have two ways of sending an email to a supplier’s tag:
- Either by using the built-in e-mail system (in the user’s name),
- or by asking an external system (the Internet browser) to process the e-mail.
In the latter case, no trace of the e-mail is kept. The checkbox is used to prevent access to this facility. This is a simple block to avoid bad habits, but nothing will prevent a user from sending an e-mail by any other means.
