preferred supplier
A supplier with whom your company has a contract.
Preferred suppliers are based on contracts on the supplier-level, the commodity-level,
or the item-level.
When you are choosing a supplier in Ariba Buyer,
if your company has a contract with a supplier, the supplier is marked with:
- Contracted Supplier if the supplier has a supplier-level
contract with your company.
- Contracted For This Commodity if the supplier
has a commodity-level or item-level contract that includes the current commodity.
- Contracted For Other Commodities if the supplier
has a commodity-level or item-level contract that does not include the current
commodity. (The contracted items are outside of the current commodity.)
See also contract.
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