Inventory-Managed Manufacturer Part
Use
Inventory-managed manufacturer parts have the same technical characteristics and are fully interchangeable parts. Each inventory-managed manufacturer part belongs to an FFF class and has its own stock.
An inventory-managed manufacturer part has a material master record on the
Basic Data
tab page that contains the following information:
Features
Like every other part in the SAP system, an inventory-managed manufacturer part has an SAP-specific material number that uniquely identifies it. If this material number is uncommon or unknown to the vendor, you can do the following:
Enter a part with its MPN and its external manufacturer, and not just with its material number. This is possible because of the input conversion of material numbers.
The system displays this part with its MPN and the external manufacturer in lists and screens. This is possible because of the output conversion of material numbers
You define inventory-managed manufacturer parts with a material type, which you determine in Customizing for use with inventory-managed MPN. You can use the default material type
HERB Interchangeable Part
for this purpose.