From this field, several possibilities are offered to the user. The User can:
- Directly enter a product reference. The existence of this reference is controlled in the Products file. A warning message is displayed if the reference does not exist. However, it is possible to use this product for this RFQ and then afterwards to create a product record, for example after receiving an acceptable response.
If the filter by buyer (parameter BUYFLT) is activated, only the products tracked by this buyer can be entered along with those where the buyer has not been determined. In this context, a product is tracked by a buyer if a user code is entered in the Productrecord ( Replenishment tab in the product record / Managers section / Buyer field) or in the Product-Site record (Management tab / Managers section / Buyer field). The buyer definition in the Product-Site record allows the user to associate different buyers according to the sites. This information has priority over the same information presented in the Product record.
If an active open order exists at the time of RFQ creation, a message warns the user and the product will be displayed in blue as a reminder. - Use the contextual button to:
- select a product from the file,
- create, according to the user's authorizations, the product in the product file,
- display and take into account existing purchase requests. The activation of the button after entry of the product reference is used to restrict the list to the purchase requests concerning this product alone.