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Master Supplier Assignment

The Master Supplier Assignment screen works identically to Master Customer Assignment - you link raw ERP vendor records to Master Supplier golden records and maintain segment attribution that flows through Procurement IQ and all supplier-facing analysis.

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Where to find it: Click Enrich in the App Bar, then select Master Supplier Assignment from the Workbench Selector at the top right of the screen.

How It Works

The Master Supplier screen follows the same three-level Enrich model as Customer, applied to your vendor data:

  • Master Supplier - the golden vendor record, representing a single legal supplier entity
  • Site - a unique physical address, identified by Enrichment Number. ERP vendor accounts that share an address are grouped into the same Site.
  • ERP Vendor Account - raw vendor records from each source ERP system. Different customer numbers, name formats, and address abbreviations for the same physical location all resolve to one Site.

As with Customer, the Assign operation links ERP vendor accounts up to a Master Supplier, and the Maintain operation sets attribution on the Master Supplier itself. Manual assignments are flagged with the blue dot (●) override indicator.

3M Safety – Austin TX

Supplier vs. Customer - Key Differences

The assignment process is identical. The attribution fields differ slightly because the supplier relationship drives different analytical needs:

Feature Master Customer Master Supplier
Three-level hierarchy ✓ Master → Site → ERP Account ✓ Master → Site → ERP Vendor
Automated matching ✓ Name + address scoring ✓ Name + address scoring
Batch Edit ✓ ✓
Manual override indicator ✓ Blue dot ✓ Blue dot
DnB Enrichment ✓ At Business Location level ✓ At Business Location level
Family Name grouping ✓ ✓
Salesforce Account link ✓ - Not applicable for suppliers
Manual Segments ✓ ✓
Primary IQ modules Sales IQ, Pricing IQ, Inventory IQ Procurement IQ, Inventory IQ

Attribution - Maintaining Master Supplier Data

↑ Maintain

Attribution set on a Master Supplier propagates to all ERP vendor accounts assigned to it, and surfaces as filter and grouping dimensions in Procurement IQ and any inventory analysis that involves vendor segmentation.

Family Name
Grouping

Groups multiple Master Suppliers under a parent corporate family. For example, 3M Industrial Division LLC and 3M Safety & Industrial LLC are separate legal entities (different Tax IDs), but both roll up to Family Name 3M Company - enabling consolidated spend analysis across all 3M purchasing.

Manual Segments
Custom Classification

Segment tags you define for your vendor base - strategic tier (preferred / approved / transactional), commodity category, geographic origin, or any other classification important for procurement analysis.

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Manual Segments on Master Supplier are especially useful in Procurement IQ for filtering spend by vendor tier, identifying category concentration risk, and tracking purchase price variance by supplier segment.

Assignment Process

↓ Assign

The process for assigning vendor records is the same as for customer records:

  1. Open Enrich → Master Supplier Assignment from the Workbench Selector.
  2. Use the Filter Panel to locate the ERP vendor records you want to work with.
  3. Click a row to open the assignment panel, or select multiple rows for batch assignment via the Batch Edit toolbar.
  4. Search for an existing Master Supplier or click Add New to create one.
  5. Save - the blue dot indicator confirms the manual assignment.
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The step-by-step How To guide for mastering ERP accounts covers the Customer flow, but the Supplier flow is identical. See How to Master an ERP Account.
Reference
Looking for a column definition?
Supplier field definitions live in the Reference section - the same fields appear across Enrich, Explore, Analyze, and Excel exports.
Supplier Fields Reference

Related Topics

Master Customer Assignment Enrich Overview & Model How To: Master an ERP Account Procurement IQ