hi source list

[Former Member]

hi all

what is usefulness of source list in mm module??

thanx

rocky

[Former Member]

Hi,

source list

Source list is nothing but the list of vendors providing the

rawmaterials or the goods required for the cmanufacturing customer.

there will be n no of vendors,cutomer will ask the quotation and selects a better vendot from the source list based on Quality and cost.

Source List is maintained for the combination of Material and Vendor.

A source list specifies the possible sources of supply for a material over a given period of time. It shows the time period in which a material may be ordered from a given vendor or under a certain long-term purchase agreement.

The source list supports the user in answering the question: "Which vendors or internal suppliers can supply a material at a given point in time?" It is also used in the automatic selection of vendors for a material.

With source list, it is possible to block the procurement of material from particular vendor.

source list can be genarated autonmatically while craeting PO, Scheduling agreement, contract, quatation etc by going to the menu and selecting environment and then mainatain source list from there.

you can also generate automatically thru ME05,which will consider all the existing docum,ents

Tcodes related to Sorce list

ME01 Maintain Source List

ME03 Display Source List

ME04 Changes to Source List

ME05 Generate Source List

ME06 Analyze Source List

ME07 Reorganize Source List

ME08 Send Source List

ME0M Source List for Material

Regards,

Raj.

[prasanth_kasturi]

About the Source List Determination

When we create info & Maintain Quotation, by quota we are determining the source. Also in Vendor Evaluation, we are evaluationg vendor. When we are creating PO, from where the vendor will come from? Is it from Quota or Vendor Evaluation?

You define source list requirements at plant level. If a source list requirement exists, you must maintain the source list for each material before you can order it.

The source list serves:

To define a source of supply as "fixed". Such sources count as preferred sources over a certain period of time. For example, the fixed vendor XXXX for material 100XX is ASA Company for the first quarter and BSB Co. for the second quarter of the year.

Select the plants for which you wish to specify a source list requirement

You use the source list to determine the valid source of supply at a certain point in time.

The source list contains all the sources of supply defined for a material and the periods during which procurement from these sources is possible

Following T/Code activities in Material Management module.

Maintain source list - ME01

Display source list - ME03

Display changes to source list - ME04

Analyze source list - ME06

Reorganize source list - ME07

Generate source list - ME05

Display source list for material- ME0M

you make the system settings that are necessary for purchasing operations carried out using source lists.

Source list requirement for materials, It may be necessary to include possible vendors of a material in the source list before the material can be ordered.

The Source list requirement field in the purchasing data of the material master record indicates whether a source list requirement exists for a material.

You can define the Source list requirement at plant level in IMG. Logistics -->Materials management --> Purchasing --> Source list.

Here you can see the plants for which a source list requirement exists.

check these FM's -

ME_MAINTAIN_SOURCE_LIST ME_POST_SOURCE_LIST ME_GENERATE_SOURCE_LIST

And EORD table.

regards

prasanth