Commodity Codes {FPMC-2}


Due to permanent restrictions on financial resources, the need arises to do the best possible bargaining, and the Buying Department should know exactly which suppliers are supplying which commodities. 


Suppliers may be linked to commoditiesr, on the Creditor definition {FPMM-2}, and commodities may be linked to specific products. This mechanism assist requesters and buyers to select the preferred or most the likely suppliers of an item.

The link is: Creditor – Commodity
                Commodity – Product

At commodity level, multiple records can be linked to one creditor. In this option the table of commodities will be created, the following information being required: 


Fields in the option:

Panel box 1:  Commodity Codes

Field Type
&
Length		 Description
Code A4  A unique code to identify the commodity.
Description A30 Comodity description e.g. "Stationery".
Product Code A4 Product code - a product can be a service or an item. 
Description A30 Displays the product description.


Example(s):

Example of ...fpmc-2



Processing
Rules		  
  No special processing rules


See Also:



History Of Changes

Date System Version By Whom Job Description
25-Sep-2006 v01.0.0.0 Charlene van der Schyff t134623 New manual format.
14-Jan-2009 v01.0.0.1 Marchand Hildebrand t152121 Proof Read System Owner
16-Nov-2015
 v04.0.0.0
 Clinton Naidu
 t196285
 Change manual for int4
24-Feb-2016
 v04.0.0.0
 Farai Mukwambo
 t196285
 Cahnged Block to Panel box. Updated image
26-May-2016
 v04.0.0.0
 Raymond Schoonraad
 t198600
 Proof read manual
27-Jul-2016 v04.0.0.0 Marchand t214848 Add Product Code
29-Jul-2020
 v04.1.0.0
 Ndivhanga Mushando
 t244649
 Update manual image