MPN

[Former Member]

HI GURUS

WHAT DOES AN "MPN" MEAN EXACTLY

WITH REGARDS

[Former Member]

Hi,

material for manufacturer part number

A material master record containing the manufacturer part number (MPN) and the manufacturer number, which is assigned to one of your firm's own materials.

Stocks are managed under your firm's own material number. Materials for manufacturer parts have the material type HERS.

The firm's own material contains a profile with various parameters defining (among other things):

Whether the MPN material must be entered in the purchase order

Whether purchasing info records are created for the firm's own material or for the MPN materials

Whether the purchase order text for the firm's own material or for the MPN material is used

you create the profiles you need in order to work with manufacturer parts.

Regards

Sanjay l

[Former Member]

Hi

MPN means <b>Manufacturer Part Number</b>

If you wish to influence the precise source or quality of materials, you can tell the vendor 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 exactly which of a manufacturer’s plants is to supply the material you wish to procure.

The manufacturer’s 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.

Example:

Your vendor gets the steel bolts he supplies to you from the manufacturers Zenith Co. and Miller Corp.

However, you are not satisfied with the quality of the Zenith product. You wish to have the steel bolts that are manufactured by Miller Corp. You advise your vendor of this in the purchase order by specifying the manufacturer and the MPN.

For more details refer help.sap.com or following link

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/75/ee15b955c811d189900000e8322d00/frameset.htm

Regards

Ramakrishna