Have you checked out Products->[select individual product]->Procurements Tab -> Suppliers?
You can even add the suppliers at the same time the products are added, in your CSV file.
Here is a Slideshare presentation on how to import, including the One2many fields to get the suppliers added in to the same CSV file that holds the products. (See slide #12 specifically)
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#I'm posting in my original answer to allow better formatting than I got in my comment.
#I didn't bother posting this to github because I don't intend to create a Pull Request.
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from openerp import fields, models
class product_product(models.Model):
_inherit = 'product.product'
manufacturer = fields.Many2one('res.partner', 'Manufacturer')
manufacturer_pname = fields.Char('Manufacturer Product Name', size=64)
manufacturer_pref = fields.Char('Manufacturer Product Code', size=64)
attribute_ids = fields.One2many('product.manufacturer.attribute', 'product_id', 'Attributes')
class product_attribute(models.Model):
_name = "product.manufacturer.attribute"
_description = "Product attributes"
name = fields.Char('Attribute', size=64, required=True)
value = fields.Char('Value', size=64)
product_id = fields.Many2one('product.product', 'Product', ondelete='cascade')
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None of these changes are required per se. The old osv is still usable. Here's the link to the new API document:
https://media.readthedocs.org/pdf/odoo-new-api-guide-line/latest/odoo-new-api-guide-line.pdf