DMS-13648

This feature enables buyers to add placeholder parts to a bill of materials. Placeholder parts enable buyers to initiate sourcing activities and collect prices even if the details of a part are not finalized. When the actual parts are available, you can replace the placeholder parts with the actual parts and copy the price information from the placeholder part to the actual part. When you replace placeholder parts with actual parts, you can also initiate creation of purchasing info record for the actual parts. You can search for placeholder parts, and edit and delete placeholder parts.

Buyers were unable to conduct sourcing if all necessary parts were not finalized within the ERP system. This created inefficiencies, as they were unable to proceed with sourcing parts that were in design phase or undergoing revisions.

Buyers are now able to source more efficiently by using placeholder parts. They do this by initiating sourcing on parts that will continue to undergo revisions and are therefore not finalized in the ERP system. When parts are available in ERP, buyers can replace the placeholder parts with the actual parts and copy the price information from the placeholder part to the actual part. This helps buyers streamline their sourcing process, even when individual parts are still being developed.

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