Use this screen to maintain a cross-reference list of manufacturer and vendor part numbers that serve as alternates to the specified part. The manufacturer part has functional and physical characteristics that are equivalent in performance, reliability, and maintainability to the original part. These characteristics are interchangeable, without alteration, with one or more internal parts.
Alternate parts are associated with a manufacturer and vendor and can be used as an alternative for a specific part in Costpoint Purchasing.
Use this screen during initialization and maintain it when making additions or changes to alternate parts. This part must already have been entered in the Basic Part Data screen.
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the part number to which you are assigning alternate parts. The part must already have been entered in the Basic Part Data screen. You cannot enter or change new parts here. The description for the part selected will also be displayed.
This field displays the latest revision number of the part selected, which can be changed if necessary.
The unit of measure assigned to this part in the Basic Part Data screen is displayed here.
The make/buy status assigned to this part in the Planning Part Data or Basic Part Data screens will display here as "M" (Make) or "B" (Buy).
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the manufacturer ID for this alternate part.
This field will display the name of the manufacturer whose ID you entered in the Manufacturer field.
When you populate the Manufacturer field, this field defaults with the manufacturer's assigned Company's Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code from the Manufacturers screen in the Product Definition Controls menu. This field is optional.
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the manufacturer's part number for this alternate part. This number will default to the purchase order line in the Enter POs screen in Costpoint Purchasing.
Enter the manufacturer's part revision of this alternate part.
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the part preference type for this alternate part. The preference type must already exist in the Part Preference Types screen.
Enter "Y" (Yes) to indicate that this alternate part is the "preferred" alternate part. Only one alternate part can be assigned the preferred status. The default is "N" (No).
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the vendor ID for the vendor from whom this alternate part is purchased.
The vendor must not be flagged as a payroll vendor, and its Approval Code must not be "Not Approved." If the vendor is approved or preferred for the part, its Approval Code must not be "Pending." You can still link a pending, non-payroll vendor to a part if the vendor is not approved or preferred for the part. In this case, you will receive a warning.
The name of the vendor displays in this field and cannot be edited.
Enter the vendor part number for this alternate part. The manufacturer part number will automatically display but can be changed and a different vendor part number entered. This number will default to the purchase order line in the Enter POs screen in Costpoint Purchasing.
Enter the vendor's part revision, if one exists, for this alternate part.
This field displays the company ID assigned to the user who entered the information for this part.
The PART and ALT_PART tables store information for this screen. Information for standard parts is also stored in and/or pulled from the following tables, as indicated: ITEM, MANUF, PART_PREF_TYPE, VEND.