One material known as two different name in two different vendors

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus,one of my friend is facing one problem in his company.Please give me some guidance.Scenario is like that:

One semifinished material is there suppose "FRUIT" No of Vendors=2 i.e.Ven A & Ven B

Ven A knows FRUIT as APPLE and he has to provide color"Light red"&"Dark Red"

Ven B knows FRUIT as MANGO and he has to provide color"Green"&"Orange"

Requirement:2 PO for 2 diff Ven with Mat FRUIT.But this PO Ven A should treat as PO of APPLE of color "Light red"&"Dark Red" and

Ven B should treat as PO of MANGO of color "Green"&"Orange"please give me some advice. 

What i did that..Created characteristics(CL04) "FRUIT COLOR"give Value as Light Red,Dark Red,Description:color of Appleand Value: Green,Orange,Description: color of Mango.and Class type:300.Created Class "FRUITCLASS":CL02 assign Characteristics.
 In OMS2 made HALB as a configurable material.Created HALB Material FRUIT.Made Config.profile in CU41 with FRUIT give profile name FRUIT assign FRUITCLASS threre.Then 2 Inforecord for Ven A & Ven B.For Ven A given the Vendor Mat No=Apple and For Ven B given the Vendor Mat No=Mango
 Maintain the PO text in inforecord like for Ven A "Fruit Apple Light Red=30qty,Dark Red=20 qty(for example).
 Finally Created PO in me21n.Mat no=FRUIT,Vendor=Ven A.
 in Item level-->Material Data-->>Vendor Mat No Apple(coming),in same tab configuration-->class value assignment-->>selecting only Light red,Dark Red
 Saved the PO.Please suggest me whether i am approaching in right way or not.
                                                                                                       

[Former Member]

You are saying that

PO: for "Air Carrier". Boeing to be consider as "747" and helicoptor manufacturing vendor to treat as "Helicopter". Entirely strange.

Further the business will treat as "Fruit' only, either its apple, mango or some other. So, if you go creating like what you mentioned or go with valuation type - there may be hundreds of classifications or valuations need to create.

So, must create a material for each fruit type you are procuring. Forget about vendor, first make client. BASIC BUSINESS process perfect.

If your business doesnt want to handle separate stocks, or there are no differences in prices of fruits, i.e any fruit of world your company purchase for INR. 10 per kg, then its ok. If not above is correct.

[BijayKumarBarik]

Hi,

You can use split valuation and maintain different values for a material with help of valuation type.

# Creates a material type ZMAT for FRUIT and creates two materials APPLE and MANGO. Go for creation of valuation types 1."Light red", 2."Dark Red",3.“Green" and 4."Orange.Now maintain the price of APPLE with valuation types "Light red" &."Dark Red" and maintain the price of MANGO with valuation types “Green” &"Orange.Create PO for each material with valution type and receive the goods,at the end you have report with you!

## But if you want go for only one material code as FRUIT and want procure both materials ie….. APPLE and MANGO and again want have differentiation for "Light red", "Dark Red”,” Green" and "Orange, then go for manual batch for material code FRUIT. During goods receipt you can enter batch..For example: APPLE- Light red for Light red apple and MANGO Orange for orange mango. 

Not sure business with agree this option of batch management but its better go for split valuation.

Regards,

Biju K

[Former Member]

Hi,thanks for responding.Main requirement is material type remain same i.e.semifinished just two vendors will treat it as their own identification i.e.Apple and Mango.Whenever require they will provide Red,Green etc.