At the request of a subscriber (retailer), a single provider (vendor or supplier) can be split into multiple sub-vendors. This is done to assist the retailer's accounting requirements.
For example, a single dairy provider sells both milk and cheese. However, the retailer’s internal systems are set up to handle milk as one vendor and cheese as another. Sub-vendors are used to meet this multi-vendor requirement.
Sub-vendors are set up for a retailer and associated with a vendor. Items and zones are assigned to each sub-vendor within the match.
In addition, each sub-vendor operates as its own separate Park City Group Business Unit (BU). Item & Cost automatically configures a service agreement between the vendor and the sub-vendor. The sub-vendor is considered to be a child of the parent BU, and inherits many default service-agreement values from the parent. Most of the settings inherited from the parent can be adjusted for an individual sub-vendor, such as the Can Export option.
Contact Park City Group Client Support if you need more information.
The online sub-vendor system relies heavily on user authorizations to protect your sub-vendor setup. If you have "update" authorization, the buttons will display the words "manage" or "update." If you have "view only" authorization, you will see the word "view" on most of the selections.
Sub-vendors must initially be set up by Park City Group Implementation. If you have "update" authorization, you can update and configure your sub-vendors after the setup is complete. See the tasks below.
Follow this step to open the Manage Sub-vendor tab: Then click a task for the desired steps.
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From the Item & Cost tab:
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Sub-vendor tasks Accept (or Reject) Item Offers for Sub-vendors Accept an offer at the retailer's corporate or "primary" level, then accept or reject the offer for each sub-vendor. Work with Item Offers from the Sub-vendor Menu These tasks guide you through advanced tasks for sub-vendor offers, such as displaying offer statuses and rejecting/accepting previously accepted/rejected offers. Find and, if desired, update an existing sub-vendor. Manage Sub-vendors For Selected Provider Work with your sub-vendor configurations. Manage Single Zone Authorizations for Multiple Sub-vendors Authorize more than one sub-vendor to a single cost zone. Sub-vendor zone authorizations include a Can Export setting. Click here for more information. Manage Zone Authorizations For Sub-vendor Perform multiple zone authorizations for a single sub-vendor. Authorize or deauthorize buyers to / from a sub-vendor. Manage Category Managers for Sub-vendor Authorize or deauthorize category managers to / from a sub-vendor. Certain provider functions can be performed by the retailer (subscriber) for a sub-vendor. This link is a shortcut to the sub-vendor's business unit. _________________________________________________________________ |
Updated 5/16/2006