Enter Compliant Manufacturers for an Item

Use the Compliant Items by Manufacturer (VGMI) program to enter, change and delete compliant manufacturer IDs for an item. See Background and Road Map for work flow.

If you clicked Compliance in the Vendor Price Maintenance (VMM) program to enter compliant manufacturers, skip step 1.

Enter the item number or click one of the Lookup icons and use the standard lookup options to select the item from a list.

Compliant manufacturers for the item are listed with these fields:

Field Name	Displays
Mfr	The manufacturer's ID
Mfr item no	The manufacturer's item number
Mfr barcode	The manufacturer's barcode
Pref?	A check mark indicates a preferred manufacturer for this item
IPC class	The IPC declaration class
Certificate no	The certificate number
Apprvl status	The manufacturer's approval status for this item
Approval description	The description of the approval status
Compliant?	A check mark indicates the item from this manufacturer is RoHS compliant
Cnft matl	C Conflict materials F Conflict free U Undetermined
Origin	The country code of the country of origin
Mfr URL	Enter the URL (e.g., http://www.qantel.com) of the manufacturer's website. Hint! Once the record is saved, you can click the URL icon to the right of the field to launch a browser and view the website.
Manufacturer name	The name of the manufacturer

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Add a new manufacturer for the item	Click Add.
Maintain an existing record	Highlight the line and click Select or double click the line.
Delete a manufacturer	Click Delete. Important! Before you delete a record, be sure it not used elsewhere. Rather than deleting, consider instead changing the Apprvl status field to indicate that it is no longer valid.
Copy a manufacturer's record	Click Copy.
Print the list of manufacturers	Click Print.
Specify a different item number	Click OK.
Exit the program	Click Exit.

Enter or change data in the following fields:

Field Name	Type / Max Length	Action / Description
Item number	Display only	The item number; its description is displayed for reference.
Manufacturer	Required 10 alphanumeric	Enter the manufacturer's ID or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the ID from a list maintained in Manufacturer ID Maintenance. This field cannot be changed after an item/manufacturer record is created.
Mfr item no	Required 30 alphanumeric	Enter the manufacturer's item number. This field cannot be changed after an item/manufacturer record is created.
Preferred item	Optional	Select if the manufacturer is a preferred vendor for this item or leave blank if it is not.
Approval status	Optional	Select an approval status. If you do not select a status, the item is considered not approved and requires inspection. If the selected status does not allow a receipt, the item requires inspection on receipt. Use Manufacturer Approval Status Codes Maintenance (TMA) to create approval status codes.
Approved date	Optional 10 date	Select a date, or enter a date shortcut for the date the item was approved for purchasing.
Compliant?	Optional	Select if this item is RoHS compliant or leave blank if it is not. If you select and then select the Print compliant manufacturers? Program option in PO Print (VOP) program, this manufacturer and item number print on the purchase order under Compliant manufacturers.
Compliant date	Required 10 date	Accept the displayed date, select a different date, or enter a date shortcut for the date this manufacturer's item became compliant.
Expiration date	Optional 10 date	Select the date or enter a date shortcut when compliance expires.
IPC declaration class	Optional 2 alphanumeric	Select the IPC declaration class.
RoHS compliance level	Optional 2 alphanumeric	Select the compliance level. If you select 03 or 04, you will be able to click IPC exceptions when you complete data entry to select the specific exceptions.
Conflict material	Optional 2 alphanumeric	Select the conflict materials code: C Conflict materials F Conflict free U Undetermined
Country of origin	Optional	Select the item's country of origin.
Certificate number	Optional 30 alphanumeric	Enter a certificate number.
Mfr barcode	Optional 35 alphanumeric	Enter the manufacturer's barcode for this item.
Mfr URL	Optional 45 alphanumeric	Enter the address of the manufacturer's web site for this product. Hint! Click the URL icon to the right of the field to launch a browser to view the website.
Review cycle	Optional 4 numeric	Enter the number of calendar days in the review cycle.
Last reviewed date	Required 10 date	Accept the displayed date, select a different date, or enter a date shortcut when this item's compliance was last reviewed.
Reference	Optional 40 alphanumeric	Enter a reference or note about the item/manufacturer. The reference is included when compliant manufacturer/item information is printed on POs.

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Change a field	Move the cursor to the field and make changes. Click Apply to accept the changes or click Cancel to reject the changes.
Delete a saved record	Click Delete. See Delete.
Enter notes for this manufacturer's item	Click Notes. See Enter Notes.
Enter data in custom fields your company uses	Click User. See Enter Data in User or Shadow File Fields. This button displays only if you have set up user fields for this program in the User Fields Maintenance (XMO) program.
Go to a related program	Click Jump. See Jump.
Review IPC exemptions	Click IPC exemptions. See Select IPC Exemptions. This button displays only if you are changing a record with RoHS compliance level 03 or 04.
View changes to this item	Click Audit. See Display an Audit Trail. This button displays only if you have activated audit trails (in Audit Trail Maintenance) for the V4I (Item/Manufacturer Item) file.
Accept the data and return to the list of manufacturers	Click OK. Note If you accessed this program from another program, you return to that program when you click OK.
Exit the program	Click Exit.