Purpose of creating number ranges to vendor

[Former Member]

Hi

What is the purpose of creating number ranges to a vendor

[DominikTylczyn]

Number ranges provide rules or schema of vendor master data numbering. Other than that they don't provide any specific functionality, i.e. business processes don't depend on particular number ranges. They do however on vendor master data settings.

You can live with only one vendor number range. Typically several number ranges are customize to distinguish between different vendor types. That distinction is just so it looks nice and users are able to quickly tell the vendor type.

[former_member42743]

Just to elaborate on Dominik's answer above. Specifically most clients I've been at use them to identify the primary type of partner function of the vendor number. I.e. vendor, manufacturer, Ship-from, etc.. An example might be that 1000xxxx numbers might be the number that the order is placed to and who will be submitting the invoice which could be a central office. The 2000xxxx numbers might be distribution centers where the material comes from. The 3000xxxx numbers might be the manufacturing sites the material is made at.

Then your SOP and vendor creation process might specify how each of those three types of vendor numbers are to be set up and what has to be completed in the vendor master and what approvals are needed.

Craig

[Abdul]

Number ranges helps to reduce human error of numbering plus you can categorize your master data through numbering series also like if you company have different types of customer like corporate and wholesale under wholesale they have end consumer and retailers. You define corporate or wholesale in numbering and then consumer or retailer in business partner groups.