An Approved Vendors List (AVL) is used within Supplyframe to assign line items to suppliers based on Part Category, Manufacturer name or CPN. Admins or users with permissions can view/edit AVLs.
AVL files can be a referenced data source within System Template Columns as a “LookUp Table” in order to validate data when you’re creating a BOM (BOM Insight) or a demand (Demand Management). Then this BOM or demand can be used to create your RFQ with its AVL validated data.
Within the Quoting module, AVLs can be used during the RFQ creation to assign line items. When using AVL for supplier assignments, a supplier is mapped using the supplier name from the AVL List. If you have multiple suppliers with the same name, then the logic of the AVL assignment will use the Supplier ID for identifying the intended supplier for an RFQ line. If a supplier ID is not available in the AVL list, then the supplier will be assigned based on other matching parameters like MPN, Manufacturer, plant, Region, and Category.
To utilize an AVL in an RFQ, go to the “Assign by AVL” tab during the Assignments step of creating an RFQ.
Management of AVL(s) are from the Approved Vendor List, with more information available in this article for admins.