MANUFACTURER PART NUMBER [MPN] IN SAP MM

Applies to:
SAP R/3 and SAP ECC
Summary
The objective of this document is to assist the Manufacturing part
number & also check whether certain manufacturer part may be
ordered

by

using

Approved

Manufacturer

part

list

(AMPL)

Functionality in SAP Materials Management. The business process flow

and the IMG settings are discussed in this document.

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Table Of Contents
1. Concept Overview......................................................................................................................3
2. Prerequisites..............................................................................................................................3
3. IMG Settings...............................................................................................................................4
4. Manufacturer Part Profile..........................................................................................................5
5. Define MPN Profile in Material Master.....................................................................................6
6. Create MPN Manufacturer/Vendor...........................................................................................7
7. Create MPN Material.................................................................................................................8
8. Process Steps for Procurement................................................................................................10
8.1. Process -1..........................................................................................................................10
8.2. Process-2...........................................................................................................................13

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1. Concept Overview
If you wish to influence the precise source or quality of materials, you can tell the vendor that
from whom you want to procure a material, which manufacturer the material is to be supplied
by and the part number used by that manufacturer.
You can also tell your vendor that exactly which of a manufacturers plants is to supply the
material you wish to procure. The manufacturers part number (MPN) and description, as well as
the specific manufacturing plant (if applicable), are included in the data sent to the vendor with
the purchase order.

For procurement purposes, you can use the material or part number used by the manufacturer
(MPN) alongside your firms own material number.
You can create Approved Manufacture Part List (AMPL). Here you can define the MPN material
and from which manufacturer and which part number you want in your company's own
material.

2. Prerequisites
If you wish to work with manufacturer part numbers, you must satisfy the following
prerequisites:

Make the necessary Customizing settings

Define manufacturer part profile

Create material master records

Create master records for manufacturers and manufacturer plants

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3. IMG Activity to enables MPN functionality

IMG Menu

Logistics General Material Master Basic Settings Make Global

Settings Set MPN indicator

Transaction
Code

OMT0

Tick It

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4. Create Manufacturer Part Profile.

Manufacturer part profiles (MPN profiles) allow you to specify for each of your firms own
materials the conditions under which the MPN material may be used in the procurement
process.
Using the MPN profile, you can determine the following, for example:
Whether the MPN material has to be entered in the purchase order.
Whether purchasing info records are created for the firms own material or for the MPN
materials.
Whether the PO text for the firms own material or the one for the MPN material is used.
Whether the MPN material may be changed during the procurement process.
Whether the system is to check the approved manufacturer parts list when an MPN material
is entered.
You define the MPN profiles in Customizing for Purchasing under material master.
You enter the MPN profile in the master record for your firms own material (Purchasing view).
MPN Profiles enable you to define different ways in which materials use MPN processing and
consist of eight indicators.
MPN Profile Create : Define MRP Profile
IMG Menu

Material Management Purchasing Material Master

Define Manufacturer Part Profile

Transaction
Code

OMPN

On the Change View Maintenance of Profile for Manufacturer Part Processing: screen choose
New entries.
Optional: Define Reasons for Blocking Approved Manufacturer Parts
This setting enables you to define the Blocking Reasons for the procurement of MPN materials.
The blocking reasons then can be entered in the Approved Manufacturer Parts List.
IMG Menu

Material Management Purchasing Material Master

Define Reasons for Blocking Approved Manufacturer Parts

Transaction
Code

SPRO

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5. Define MPN Profile in Material Master

In Material Master Purchasing view, define manufacturer part profile in bottom section of the
screen for your company's own material.

Define Manufacturer
Part Profile

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6. Create MPN Manufacturer/Vendor

If, during the process of procuring materials, you wish to have the option of choosing between
several manufacturers of a material, or between several of a certain manufacturers plants, you
must create separate master records for such manufacturers and for the relevant plants
belonging to the latter.
The number of master records you will need to create for manufacturers, manufacturer plants,
and vendors, it depends on requirement.
MPN vendor you must have to create by using MNFR Account Group.

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7. Create MPN Material

You have to create different MPN material in master records as per your requirements. This
material should be create by using HERS Material Type.

This View's Only Come for this

HERS Material Type.

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For above screen following fields are mandatory to give

MPN Material Description

Internal Material Number (Company's Own Material)
Manufacturer Part Number
Material Group

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8. Process Steps for Procurement

If you work with MPNs, there are two process to procure material by using MPN concept.

8.1 Process -1
If there is just one MPN corresponding to one of your firms own materials, you just create MPN
material with the Material Type HERS and assign it with your company's own material in the
purchasing view of MPN material master records. Will create PO also for MPN material and
inventory get managed by our company's own material.
You have to create one MPN profile for this case and use the following settings [] in
MPN profile
1. Order text for MPN material
2. MPN mandatory
3. Change in MPN
Create MPN Profile with above combinations
Assign this to your company's own material number in purchasing view of material master.
Create MPN Vendor
Create MPN Material and assign your company's own material, Manufacturer part number
and MPN vendor in the purchasing screen.
Create PO with MPN Material and your company's own material

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Print Preview Of PO

MIGO Posting

FI Document in MIGO

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Stock Overview of the material MDX152

Invoice Postings

FI Document

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Purchase Order History

8.2 Process -2
If there are several MPN materials corresponding to one of your firms own materials, you must
create MPN material master records with the Material Type HERS. In the Purchasing view, enter
the manufacturer part number, the manufacturer (this can be either a vendor master record or a
manufacturer master record), and your firms own, inventory-managed material. Stocks are
managed with respect to the firms own material.
You have to create another MPN profile for this case and use the following settings
[] in MPN profile
1. Order text for MPN material
2. Change in MPN
3. AMPL Management
Create MPN Profile with above combinations
Assign this to your company's own material number in purchasing view of material master.
Create MPN Vendor as per your requirement.
Create MPN Material and assign your company's own material, Manufacturer part number
and MPN vendor in the purchasing screen. You can create many MPN materials and MPN
vendors.
Create AMPL List in transaction code - MP01 and giving Internal Material No. (Our
Company's own material), here we can assign more than 1 MPN material & MPN vendor.
1. We can give manufacturer's plant also.
2. Validity of MPN material at manufacturer plant
3. We block any MPN material with any reason.
4. Deletion check box, by selecting it we can remove that material from our current
list.
5. Whatever the list we maintain here that only will appear in PO print preview and
send to the vendor.

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Create PO with your company's own material as a standard PO

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PO Print View (Please see screen by zoom out)

Main Vendor

Company Own Material

Manufacturer
which we define
in master

Manufacturer
which we define
in master

Rest postings are same as process 1.

Stocks are managed with respect to the firms own material.

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