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We have instances where we need to change the inventory part number on a sales part after it has been saved and transactions are done. We cannot issue new sales part numbers every time we have new inventory parts because we have “printed” literature that shows our sales parts. So, we need the same sales part ID to remain, but connected to a different inventory part.

In IFS applications 7, it was possible to change the Inventory part that was connected to a sales part in the “Sales Part” window

In later versions, this possibility has been restricted, and the system was designed to maintain a one-to-many relationship between inventory parts and sales parts.

  1. Can you please specify the reason why this functionality was disabled after apps7?
  2. Can you suggest a workaround we can use in the above situation, instead of creating a new sales part?

​@Mamarasinghe why would you create new Inventory Parts and link them with existing Sales Part No? What is the rationale behind this?

Maybe instead of creating brand new inventory parts, couldn’t you manage the changes in Inventory Part via Revisions? 

Meaning, if there’s a change to an Inventory Part, create a new reveision for it. This way the link between Inventory Part and Sales Part will remain unchanged.

Of course, if you’re producing the inventory part, then you can have a different Prod Structure and Routing for the new revision. And data for old revisions can be set as Obsolete and will not be considered during your Production processes.

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