Set Up Manufacturers and Manufacturer Parts

You must create manufacturers in the application before you create manufacturer parts produced by the manufacturer. Manufacturer parts (manufacturer items) can be related to items.

The items on a structure can be sourced with parts from the approved manufacturers list (AML).

Manufacturer parts are identified with manufacturer part numbers (MPNs).

Here's what you can do on manufacturers:

• Create and update standard attributes and location descriptive flexfields using Manufacturer REST API.

• Configure manufacturer pages using business rules. See the related topic for more information.

Here's what you can do on manufacturers and manufacturer parts:

Configure descriptive flexfields and data security policies for manufacturers and manufacturer parts.