| # 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 To set up and use multiple manufacturer items To purchase manufacturer's items To convert multiple manufacturer items to MPN items Item In ERP LN, the raw materials, subassemblies, finished products, and tools that can be purchased, stored, manufactured, sold, and so on. An item can also represent a set of items handled as one (kit), or exist in multiple product variants (generic item). You can also define nonphysical items, which are not held in inventory but can be used to post costs or to invoice services to customers. Examples of nonphysical items: Cost items (for example, electricity) Service items Subcontracting services List items (menus/options) Item Group Group of items with similar characteristics. Each item belongs to a particular item group. The item group is used in combination with the item type to set up item defaults. Manufacturer A supplier of finished goods. User-definable item grouping data used for sorting and selecting. Buy-from Business Partner The business partner from whom you order goods or services; this usually represents a supplier's sales department. The definition includes the default price and discount agreements, purchase-order defaults, terms of delivery, and the related ship-from and invoice-from business partner. Ship-from BP The business partner that ships the ordered goods to your organization. This usually represents a supplier's distribution center or warehouse. The definition includes the default warehouse at which you want to receive the goods and if you want to inspect the goods, the carrier that takes care of the transport, and the related buy-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 The first day on which a record or a setting is valid. The effective date often includes the effective time. Expiry Date The last date on which a record or a setting is valid. The expiry date often includes the expiry time. 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 A department in your organization that is responsible for buying the materials and services needed by your organization. You assign number groups to the purchase office. In this way, you can assign serial numbers to: Purchase orders Purchase schedules Requests for quotations Purchase contracts You can also define a default warehouse where goods ordered by the purchase office must be delivered. |