Vendor Numbering

[Former Member]

Does anyone have experience customizing vendor numbers? Rather than have system assigned numbers my client is proposing a mix of external and internal number assignments, including smart numbering combining a mix of numeric and alpha numeric identifiers. Example:

Z001 Doctors/Labs; Direct Vendors; Indirect Vendors; Freight, Carriers, Shippers 1000000 - 3999999

Z004 LOB A Sales Reps 4000000 - 4999999

Z005 Enterprise Employees 5000000 - 5999999

Z900 Shipper/Service Level External: A - ZZZZZZZZZZ

Z950 One-Time Vendors External: A - ZZZZZZZZZZ

Z999 Intercompany Vendors External: A - ZZZZZZZZZZ

What are the risk with this approach and is there a better way to track vendors?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

That is the way Vendors will be created in backend ERP system for better monitoring and tracking purposes. When you replicate these vendors into SRM they will be created in SRM as external number assignment so that they will carry same vendor number as in backend system.

Thanks,

Jagadish

[Former Member]

But doesn't that create a maintenance issue? Isn't it better to let the system generate the vendor number and track vendors using other fields?

[Former Member]

No. jagadish is very correct.

for vendor payment and invoice verification etc. same number is prefered in both system.

Internal number range is least prefarable.

whatever DELATA changes in VENDOR ( ECC ) IT WILL BE REPLICATED TO srm SYSTEM.

Most of the control in ECC only .not in SRM side.

muthu