User manual for “Source List”

Maintain Source List                 ME01

Purpose

A source list specifies all the allowed sources of supply of a specific material for a Plant.  It also indicates the validity period for which each the sources can be used

Trigger

Qualification of a vendor to supply specific materials or services for a plant (i.e. adding a supplier to an approved manufacturer list).

Prerequisites

Material, Plant, Valid from Date, Valid to Date, Vendor, Purchasing organization,

Menu path

Use the following menu path(s) to begin this transaction:

l  Logistics>Materials Management>Purchasing>Master Data>Source List>Maintain  go to the Maintain Source List  initial screen.

Transaction Code

ME01

Helpful Hints

l  Press F1 for Help

l  Press F4 for getting input values

l  R – Required

l  C – Conditional

l  R – Optional

Procedure

1.1.        SAP Easy Access

Fill All Required (R) filled in Item view and press Enter:

Field Name	Description	Req/Opt/Con	User Action and Values	Comments
Material	Material Master Number	R	Material master number known or via match-code
Plant	Receiving Plant	R	Enter receiving plant number

1.3.    On Screen “Maintain Source List”: Overview Screen

Press Enter:

Field Name	Description	Req/Opt/Con	User Action and Values	Comments
Material	Material Master Number	R	Defaults from Initial Screen
Plant	Receiving Plant	R	Defaults from Initial Screen
Valid From	Date vendor starts being a valid source	R	Enter the date
Valid to	Dates vendor stops being a valid source	R	Enter date
Vendor	Vendor name / number	R	Enter the known vendor number or search via match-code
Pur. Org	Purchasing Organization	R	Enter Purchasing Organization code
PPI.	Shipping Plant	O	Enter if appropriate	cannot be the same as Receiving Plant
OUN	Order unit	O	Enter unit of measure for ordering
Agreement	Contract/Scheduling agreement	O	Enter Outline agreement number if applicable
Item	Item number	O	Agreement  item number if applicable
FIX	When this indicator is on, this vendor will be the preferred source of supply, during the validity period	O	Indicator button on/off	Only one vendor can be identified as fixed during each validity period.
BLK	When this indicator is on, this vendor will be unavailable (blocked) as a source for this material	O	Indicator button on/off
MRP	Source list usage in Materials Planning & Control	C	Choose from the pull-down menu.
MRP Area	MRP Area for which material requirements planning should be carried out separately	C	Choose from the pull-down menu.

1.4     Click on the  save folder or hit Control + S.

Result

You have Maintained Source list