There is a Group Edit functionality Demand Management, which will allow you to bring in alternates from your Part Master or populate MPNs from your Part Master if only the IPNs were uploaded.
Select your specific line items or click on Select All for your entire demand. Click on Group Edit and then Add Part Master Alternates.
You can first set your Plant Exceptions Options to either:
- Account for Plant Exceptions: if selected only alternates that don’t have an exception identified will be added.
- Ignore Plant Exceptions: if selected all alternates will be added, regardless of plant exceptions being defined for an alternate.
Then specify how you want to Include Alternates with Sourcing Status:
- Approved
- Rejected
- Ongoing
- No Sourcing Status
If you revise the selection, then it will only apply to new alternates being added.
Next, check if you want to include only “Preferred" alternates. Then it will only use alternates marked as "Preferred" within your Part Master.
Lastly, set if you want to revise and Include Alternates with Lifecycle as checked. Revising the selections will only apply to new alternates added.
- Active
- Allocation
- Contact Manufacturer
- Declining
- End of Life
- Growing
- Invalid Part Number
- Lifetime Buy
- Not Recommended
- Obsolete
- Preview
- Sampling Now
- Transferred
- Unknown
- No Lifecycle
When you've finished making your selections, then click on Save to add the alternates to your selected parts.
When alternates are added in the BOM, the manufacturer assigned for the line items will be considered a "Requested Manufacturer". The alternate's "manufacturer" will get carried through to the RFQ if you use the “Req. Manufacturer” option when creating your quote.