| # Item - Manufacturer and Business Partner (tdipu0135m000) Use this session to maintain item-manufacturer-business partner combinations. In this session, you define which manufacturers can be delivered by which business partners for an item or item group. Note You can only enter valid item manufacturer combinations, which you can define in the Item - Manufacturer (tdipu0130m000) session. Related topics Setting up and using multiple manufacturer items Purchasing manufacturer's items Converting multiple manufacturer items to MPN items Item item Item Group item group Manufacturer manufacturer Buy-from BP buy-from business partner Ship-from BP ship-from business partner Status The status of the item-manufacturer-business partner combination determines whether you can order items from the business partner that are produced by the manufacturer. Allowed values Status of Manufacturer Note If an item-manufacturer-business combination exists with an empty Purchase Office and the status For Approval, or Blocked, and the same item-manufacturer-business combination exists with a filled Purchase Office and the status Approved, you cannot use the manufacturer on the purchase order line. Effective Date effective date Expiry Date expiry date Blocking Reason The reason why you have blocked the item-manufacturer-business combination for use. On this field, you can only select a Blocking Reason from the Reasons (tcmcs0105m000) session when you have defined the Status field as Blocked. Note When a manufacturer is blocked in the Manufacturers (tcmcs0160m000) session or an item manufacturer combination is blocked in the Item - Manufacturer (tdipu0130m000) session, all dependent item-manufacturer-business partner relations will automatically be blocked in the current session. Relation Type Enter a relation type code if you want to reflect the relationship between a business partner and a manufacturer. For example, to indicate that the business partner procures goods from the manufacturer only in special circumstances. You can maintain relation types in the Supplier Manufacturer Relation Type (tdipu0140m000) session. Purchase Office purchase office |