Customer sales return and same material return to respective vendor

Hi Experts

would like to get your valuable inputs in the below mention scenario

I procured material ABC qty 10 from vendor and same has been sale to customer

now Customer is returned the material ABC qty 5 to my client

now client want to return the goods for the respective vendor from whom it was procured.

The requirement is the system should able to predict automatically from whom the goods has been procured?

note:- client can procure the same material ABC from 10 different vendor

Is there any common link can be maintained between purchase material from vendor to my client and from my client to customer ?