Road Map: Vendor Service Inquiry

Use the Vendor Service Inquiry (VSI) program to display invoice information, invoice history, and AP aging information for a vendor. See Background for more information.

Before you run this program each time

You should run these programs in this sequence:

  1. PO Maintenance (VOE) to enter purchase orders.

OR

Requisition Maintenance (IRM) to enter requisitions and release them to create purchase orders.

OR

Order Release Selection (MRR) to release purchase requisitions that were created by the planning system.

  1. Receiver Maintenance (IRC) to receive a purchase order.

    AND conditionally

    Receiving and Inspection (IRI) to enter inspection results if items require inspection or to receive if you are using dock-to-stock receiving.

  2. AP Invoice Entry (NE) to enter vendor invoices and print the AP Invoice Register.

You may also have run these programs in this sequence:

  1. Vendor Invoice Payments (NC) to select invoices for payment and print Cash Requirements.

  2. Check Print (NCP) to print checks.

  3. AP Payment Register (NCR) to print the AP Payment Register and update the general ledger.

You may also have run this program:

  • PO-Receiver Archive (VEX) to print closed purchase orders and receivers and move them to history.

Before you run this program the first time

You should run these programs:

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Statistics Period Descriptions) to set the Period Desc 1 - 13 option.

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Enterprise Options) to select a date display format for your enterprise, Branch Maintenance (TBM) to select a date display format for your branch, or User Maintenance (UIM) to select a date display format for an individual user.

  • Accounting Period Maintenance (GDM) to set up period-ending dates for accounting periods and years.

  • Vendor Maintenance (VM) to set up vendors.

  • Output Device Maintenance (XDM) to set up the output devices you plan to use.

  • Date-Output Device Maintenance (ZE) to select your default output device and set whether you can override that device.

After you run this program

You will most likely run these programs:

  • PO Inquiry (VOI) to display a summarized purchase order.

OR

PO Detail Inquiry (VOQ) to display the purchase order.

  • Vendor Performance Inquiry (VVI) to display the performance analyses of vendors by vendor number.

  • Vendor-AP History Inquiry (VMHQ) to display invoice totals, payments, and adjustments by period for a vendor.