Manufacturer Part Number

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Manufacturer Part Number: Objectives

At the end of this unit, you will:

Know that you can work with the part

numbers used by manufacturers in

addition to the material numbers used by
your own firm for procurement purposes,
provided that you have created a material
master record for the manufacturer part
number (=MPN material).

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Manufacturer Part Number (MPN)

Material master record
for internal part number
Material

Material master
record
for manufacturer
part number

Material master
record
for manufacturer
part number

...

Vendor master record

for manufacturer

Vendor master record

for manufacturer

Vendor master record

for manufacturer
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As of Release 4.0A, you can use the material or part number used by the manufacturer for procurement
purposes in addition to the firm's own material number. You can use the manufacturer part number in
requisitions and purchase orders and determine it using the source determination process.
You create a separate material master record (=MPN material) for each manufacturer part number. This
has a separate material type (HERS), contains the manufacturer, and points to the master record for the
firm's own material.
Manufacturers that are not vendors can be represented by special vendor master records. The vendor
account group MNFR is available for this purpose.

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Material Master Records

Firms own, inventorymanaged material

MPN material

Material master record

Material master record

Material type: e.g. ROH

Material type: HERS

Manuf. part profile

(Manufacturer part no.)
(Manuf.)

Inv.-managed material
Manufacturer part no.
Manuf.

Materials planning

Views:
Purchasing
PO text
Classification

Vendor master record

for manufacturer

Inventory mgmt.
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You assign a manufacturer part control profile to the firm's own material in the latter's master record.
The control profile for manufacturer parts is defined in Customizing and determines the usability of
MPN materials.
Materials planning and inventory management are carried out with respect to the firm's own material.
If a material is procured from a single manufacturer, you can enter the manufacturer and the
manufacturer part number in the master record for the firm's own, inventory-managed material.
If a material is procured from several manufacturers, you create a separate material master record
(=MPN material). This has a separate material type (HERS), contains the manufacturer and the
manufacturer part number, and points to the firm's own, inventory-managed material.

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MPN Profiles
Info records for
MPN material

MPN
requirement

PO text for
MPN material

MPN
Profile

QM processing
for MPN

Change MPN/
price determination
Updating of LIS

AMPL
management

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Control profiles for manufacturer parts are defined in Customizing and are assigned in the master record
for the firm's own, inventory-managed material.
The manufacturer part control profile determines the usability of the MPN material. Among other
things, you can stipulate the following:
whether the PO text of the MPN material or the firm's own, inventory-managed material is to be
adopted in the purchase order
whether the MPN material has to be entered in the purchase order
whether the MPN material may be changed during the procurement process (e. g. when a requisition
is converted into a purchase order)
whether a new price determination process is to be carried out after a change in the MPN material
whether info records can be created for the MPN material or for the firm's own, inventory-managed
material
whether the list of approved manufacturer parts is to be checked

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Source Determination for MPN Materials

Inv.-managed material

Source list

Plant
Validity period
MPN material
Manufacturer

Quota arr.
60%

40%

Vendor

Purchase requisition
10 pcs. inventorymanaged material
Source: manufacturer
MPN material
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Among other things, you use the control profile for manufacturer parts to determine whether info
records can be created for the MPN material or for the firm's own material.
If you have maintained info records for MPN materials, you can utilize the source determination process
via the source list or quota arrangement for MPN materials.
Source list/quota arrangement records relate to the firm's own, inventory-managed material.
In the source list and the quota arrangement you can define combinations of manufacturers and
manufacturer part numbers as preferred or excluded for procurement purposes with respect to specific
time periods and plants.
The MPN material and Manufacturer fields are offered to you in the source list or quota arrangement
for maintenance if a manufacturer part profile is entered in the master record for the firm's own,
inventory-managed material.
In the list of approved manufacturer parts, you can specify which MPN materials may be procured
during which period, whether they must be taken from a certain revision level, or whether they are
blocked. You can use the enhancement AMPL0001 to define your own criteria regarding the
admissibility of manufacturer parts.

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Manufacturer Part Number: Summary

You can use the part number used by a

manufacturer in addition to your firms own

material number for procurement purposes if
a material master record exists for the
manufacturer part number (MPN material).
The control profile for manufacturer parts

determines the usability of the MPN material

in the procurement process.

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