Displaying the Supplier Inquiry Screen

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Displaying the Supplier Inquiry Screen

To perform supplier inquiries:

Select SALES | SALES DESK INQUIRIES | SUPPLIER.

Micronet displays the Supplier Selection screen.

Select an existing supplier.

If you have more than one screen of suppliers, you can use a partial key search. For more information, refer to "Using Partial Key Searches".

Technical Tip

2.8 Feature

Once you have selected a supplier on the Supplier Selection screen, you can press the F11 hotkey to display a supplier summary. More information about this summary is provided below.

Select the Exit button when you have finished.

Optionally, select to sort the list of suppliers using the options under the SORT menu.

You can sort suppliers by number, name or class.

Alternatively, escape the Supplier Selection screen and enter the ID of an existing supplier.

Micronet displays the Supplier Inquiry screen with the details of the supplier you selected.

This screen displays the following details:

	Field	Value
	Supplier Number	The supplier's ID.
	Supplier Name	The supplier's full company name.
	Postal Address	The supplier's postal address.
	Pickup Address	The supplier's default pickup address.
	Supplier Phone/Fax	The supplier's phone number and fax number.
	Accounts Phone/Fax	The supplier’s Accounts department’s phone number and fax number.
	Contact	The name of the supplier’s default contact.
	Exchange Rate	The supplier’s exchange rate code for multi-currency transactions, e.g. USA for US dollars.
	Terms	The supplier's invoice payment terms in days, e.g. 30.
	Last Ordered	The date of the last order placed with the supplier.
	ABN	The supplier's Australian Business Number.
	Class	The supplier’s class, if applicable. This is an optional field for sorting and reporting suppliers.

Optionally, press the F11 hotkey to display a supplier summary.

Supplier Summary

Select the Exit button when you have finished.

The Supplier Inquiry screen also provides a number of menu options under the INQUIRY menu, allowing you to perform different types of inquiries on suppliers in Micronet. If required, you can further inquire on:

orders placed with the supplier in the last 12 months - refer to "Inquiry - Ordered"
the supplier's purchase order history - refer to "Inquiry - P/History"
any outstanding purchase orders on file for the supplier - refer to "Inquiry - P/Orders"
extra text for the supplier and where it is assigned to display - refer to "Inquiry - Text"
the supplier's pickup addresses - refer to "Inquiry - Pickup Address"
the supplier's ACN and Internet address - refer to "Inquiry - Extra"
any user defined questions for the supplier - refer to "Inquiry - User Defined Questions"
purchase totals for this supplier for the last 12 months by month, plus the YTD total - refer to "Inquiry - Previous Purchase History"
the supplier's name and address details entered in another language - refer to "Inquiry - Other Language".