Linking vendor to product category

We include product categories in our catalogs, but in case of special request where user has to describe the requirements, the user does not know which category to pick from the list. Is there a way to link this field (the category) to the vendor so that when the user enters the supplier in the Sources of Supply area, SRM automatically populates the product category that's assigned to the supplier.
In SRM is there a way to maintain a relationship between a supplier & a product category? If not in SRM, is such a relationship maintained anywhere in MM that can be brought over to SRM?
SN

Hi,
refer this thread for more information..
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/d5/849b3cc34ca10ee10000000a11405a/frameset.htm
BR
Bharat

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