Mapping all the supplier-mapped items to another supplier:

Mapping of all the supplier-mapped items to another supplier is done for two major reasons.

• If the current supplier is discontinued by the Manufacturer = Suppose HUL is the manufacturer and in your area, ABC Enterprise is appointed as a Distributor/Supplier. Now suppose HUL has discontinued ABC Enterprise and appointed XYZ Enterprise as the new Distributor, so you want to map all the items with ABC Enterprise with XYZ Enterprise in one go, then this option will help you the same.

• If the other supplier is not available for some time = Suppose, ABC Enterprise is not available for some time and you want to give orders to XYZ Enterprise, then you have to map all the items with XYZ Enterprise. When the ABC Enterprise distributor is available again then again you will map all the items with ABC Enterprise. In this case, also this option will help you.

Now let us see how the process is done. To map all the supplier-mapped items to another supplier, do the following:

Step 1: Go to BPM > Purchase Management > Supplier Settings > Supplier to Supplier Item Mapping

Step 2: Select the Supplier and click on GO button. In the right-hand box, All the mapped items will be listed and the Supplier Type will be set as OTHER.

Step 3: Then select the New Supplier to be mapped. Then choose the Supplier Type as Main or Other as per your choice. Mostly it will be Main only. Then click on New Map. A popup will come stating that "Item Mapped to New Main Supplier successfully."  

Step 4: Now again choose the newly mapped Supplier from the Choose Supplier dropdown and click on the Go button. In the right-hand side section, you will see the Supplier type has become "MAIN".  

So this is the way you are going to transfer the already mapped items to a new supplier.