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Show All Suppliers


Use the Show All Suppliers page to view and compare all of the suppliers from whom an item can be obtained.

After selecting an item from the catalog, but before submitting your Shopping Cart for processing, you can view more information about this and similar items.

Click the Show All Suppliers Action icon in any row to see if there are other suppliers for the item:

Show All Suppliers

If the same item is available from different suppliers, you may want to select a particular supplier because of price, availability or because of your organization's purchasing policy. If there are multiple suppliers for an item and you do not select one, the Procurement application automatically selects the primary supplier of the item specified by your administrator

The Procurement application displays the Show All Suppliers page, containing, for each supplier:

Quantity
Click in this box, and type the quantity of an item you want to buy (whole numbers, using 0 through 9 only, no fractions or decimals. This quantity is added to your Shopping Cart.
Item
Description
This short description is a hyperlink. Click on it to view the Item Details page, where you can see a longer description and other details such as pictures, technical drawing, animations, web page links, etc.
Order Price
(Currency)
The Order Price for your selected Quantity of the item, expressed in the currency used by your Buying Organization, for the unit of measurement (UOM) for this item. (For example, PK is package, CT is carton, EA is each. The Item Description includes an explanation of how many of each item is contained in the Unit of measurement. )

If the supplier offers price reductions, such as a schedule of Tiered Prices and quantities, this Order Price may be less than the supplier's Comparable Price.
Comparable Price
(Currency)
The supplier's Comparable Price for the item, expressed in the currency used by your Buying Organization, for the unit of measurement (UOM) for this item. (For example, PK is package, CT is carton, EA is each. The Item Description includes an explanation of how many of each item is contained in the Unit of measurement. )

The actual Order Price for your selected Quantity may be less than this Comparable Price, if the supplier offers price reductions, such as a schedule of Tiered Prices and quantities, or if the supplier uses a different currency.
Action
Click an icon to perform various actions on the selected item.

Note:
  • If you mouse-over an icon, the browser displays a tool tip containing a few words explaining the action represented by the icon.
  • If an Action is not available in any situation, its Action icon is not displayed.

Actions include:
to add the item to your Shopping Cart. (Remember to first type number into the Quantity text box.)
Supplier
The supplier's name which may have appended to it one or more icons indicating that:
  • this is a minority supplier
  • this is a preferred supplier
  • this is a small business supplier
Or other icons indicating other supplier classifications used by your Buying Organization or Enterprise.
Supplier Part Number
Supplier Part Number
Manufacturer
Manufacturer name

If you select an item that is a product or service requiring extra information to purchase it, the Procurement application displays a Smart Form requesting the necessary additional information.


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