Process Control 

Use

This procedure shows you the particular functions used by Purchasing and Quality Management to control the indirect procurement of manufacturer parts through a distributor. The control parameters are defined in the master data of the:

Procedure

Control Functions in the Material Master Record of the Inventory-Managed Material

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
    2.

    Menu Path

    Logistics ® Quality Management ® Quality Planning ® Logistics Master Data ® Material ® Display

    Transaction Code

    MM03

  2. Enter the following data:
    3.

    Field

    Data

    Material

    QS6X60

  3. Choose .
  4. In the Select View(s) dialog box, select the view Purchasing, and choose .
  5. In the Organizational levels dialog box, enter plant 1000, then choose .
  6. In the Other data / manufacturer data screen area, position your cursor on the Mfr part profile field, and choose F1.
  7. Choose .
  8. Choose Skip in the dialog box that appears.

    9. This takes you to the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Customizing settings.

  9. Choose in the selected line Define Manufacturer Part Profile.

    10. You now see the table containing the definitions of the manufacturer part profiles.

    Choose Table view ® Change ® Display.

  10. To display the control parameters, select manufacturer part profile 1256, and choose .

    11. Choose the F1 help to call up descriptions for the fields displayed on this screen.

  11. Choose until the overview tree appears.

 

Control Functions in the Material Master Record of the Manufacturer Part

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
    2.

    Menu Path

    Logistics ® Quality Management ® Quality Planning ® Logistics Master Data ® Material ® Display

    Transaction Code

    MM03

  2. Enter the following data:
    3.

    Field

    Data

    Material

    QS6X60-1001

  3. Choose .
  4. In the Select View(s) dialog box, select the view Purchasing, and choose .
  5. In the Manufacturer parts screen area, position your cursor on the Int. material number, Mfr part number, and Manufacturer fields respectively and choose F1 to call up descriptions of the fields.
  6. To close the dialog box, choose .
  7. Choose until the overview tree appears.

 

Control Functions in the Vendor Master Record of the Manufacturer

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
    2.

    Menu Path

    Logistics ® Materials Management ® Purchasing ® Master Data ® Vendor ® Purchasing ® Display (Current)

    Transaction Code

    MK03

  2. Enter the following data:
    3.

    Field

    Data

    Vendor

    1001

    Purch. organization.

    1000

    Control

    Select

  3. Choose .
  4. Position your cursor on the Actual QM sys. field, and choose F1.

    5. The Actual QM Sys. field is empty because the QM system of the manufacturer is recognized only for specific manufacturer part number (MPN) materials.

  5. To close the dialog box, choose .
  6. Choose until the overview tree appears.

 

Control Functions in QM Info Record for the Supply Relationship

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
    2.

    Menu Path

    From the Quality Info Record: Procurement node, choose Display

    Transaction Code

    QI03

  2. Enter the following data:
    3.

    Field

    Data

    Material

    QS6X60-1001

    Vendor

    1235

    Plant

    1000

  3. Choose .
  4. Choose the Insp. control tab page, then position your cursor on the Existing QM sys. Field, and choose F1.

    5. You can see that the manufacturer’s QM system is recognized for this manufacturer part.

  5. Choose .
  6. Choose until the overview tree appears.

 

Approval of the Manufacturer

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
    2.

    Menu Path

    Logistics ® Materials Management ® Purchasing ® Master Data ® Approved Manufacturer Parts ® Display

    Transaction Code

    MP02

  2. Enter the following data:
    3.

    Field

    Data

    Inventory-managed material

    QS6X60

  3. Choose .

    4. You can see that the inventory-managed material QS6X60 is approved for the MPN Material QS6X60-1001 of manufacturer 1001.

  4. Choose until the overview tree appears.