Setting up and using multiple manufacturer items

To set up multiple manufacturer items:

1. Specify the item's default manufacturer in the Items (tcibd0501m000) session. If the Multiple Manufacturer Item check box is cleared in the Items - Purchase (tdipu0101m000) session, this is the only valid manufacturer for an item-purchase business partner combination.

2. In the Items - Purchase (tdipu0101m000) session:

   • Select the Multiple Manufacturer Item check box.
   • If required, select the Effective Date by Change Order check box.
   • If required, select the Multiple Change Orders check box.
   • In the Multiple Manufacturer Item Check field, select the session in which LN must check the manufacturer's validity (status).
3. In the Manufacturers (tcmcs0160m000) session, specify the information about the manufacturer and assign a status to the manufacturer.
4. In the Item - Manufacturer (tdipu0130m000) session, specify item-manufacturer combinations. Use this session to specify the various manufacturers that are approved to supply the item. If you do not use Data Management, you can also use this session to enter effective and expiry dates for an item-manufacturer combination or to approve an item-manufacturer combination. If you use Data Management, you must create change orders in Change Management to change the validity of the item-manufacturer combination, or to approve item-manufacturer combinations in the Change Order (dmchm0150m005) session.
5. In the Item - Manufacturer and Business Partner (tdipu0135m000) session, specify for an item which manufacturers can be delivered by which purchase business partners. You can only specify approved item-manufacturer combinations or select approved purchase business partners for an item-manufacturer combination.

• Purchase requisitions

  When you specify a multiple manufacturer item in the Purchase Requisition Lines (tdpur2502m000) session, the manufacturer is defaulted from the manufacturer you specified in the Items (tcibd0501m000) session. The item-manufacturer combination can either be approved or waiting for approval. Blocked manufacturers are not allowed. However, from the Manufacturer field in the Purchase Requisition Lines (tdpur2502m000) session, you can zoom to the Item - Manufacturer (tdipu0130m000) session and select another manufacturer code from the list of item-manufacturer combinations that are approved or waiting for approval. When you convert a requisition to an order, LN checks the manufacturer's validity before the requisition is converted to an order.

• Purchase orders

  when you specify a multiple manufacturer item in the Purchase Order Lines (tdpur4101m000) session, the manufacturer is defaulted from the manufacturer you specified in the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session. If this Manufacturer field is blank, the manufacturer is defaulted from the Items (tcibd0501m000) session. LN only allows approved item-manufacturer combinations on the order line. However, from the Manufacturer field in the Purchase Order Lines (tdpur4101m000) session, you can zoom to the Item - Manufacturer (tdipu0130m000) session and select another manufacturer code from the list of approved item-manufacturer combinations.

• Warehouse receipts

  When an item is received in the Receipt Lines (whinh3112s000) session of Warehousing, a Manufacturer 's validity is checked on the order date. If the manufacturer is no longer valid on the receipt date, but was valid on the order date, the goods can still be received. You can also manually specify an approved manufacturer for the item.