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Inactivating a Supplier Resource

Supplier resources have two possible statuses: active and inactive. Active supplier resources are available for use on contracts, purchase orders, and other purchasing documents.

Inactive supplier resources are not available for use. When you inactivate a supplier resource the following occurs:

•	Current price selection: Inactive supplier resources are excluded when setting the price for a resource.

•	Preferred Supplier: When a supplier resource is inactivated or activated, the system reevaluates the resource’s preferred supplier.

•	Resource Demands: When a supplier resource is inactivated, the system clears the supplier resource reference on any open resource demands. You have the opportunity to edit the resource demands when you inactivate the supplier resource.

•	Purchase Order Lines, Blanket Order Lines, Blanket Releases: inactive supplier resources cannot be added to purchase orders, blanket orders, or blanket releases.

•	Purchasing Contracts: inactive supplier resources cannot be included on a purchasing contract.

•	Consignment Inventory: consignment inventory cannot be issued if the consigning supplier resource is inactive.

When activating or inactivating a supplier resource, you can select a reason for the inactivation or re-activation. A complete history of the supplier’s status changes, along with the date of the change and the user making the change, is saved on the supplier record.

To Activate or Inactivate a Supplier Resource

1.	From the site’s Resource Catalog view, select the By Supplier tab. Select the appropriate supplier in the table on the left. Supplied resources are listed in the table on the right.

2.	Right-click the supplier resource and select either Activate or Inactivate. The Activate/Inactivate Supplier Resource dialog appears.

3.	Select a Reason for the activation or inactivation of the supplier resource and enter any comments.

4.	Click OK. The system changes the status of the resource.