Vehicle model number & vehicle identification number

Question

Hi all,
   Please guide me Whether Vehicle model number & vehicle identification number( VIN No.) are existing in std SAP (IS AUTO)or not .If not kindly guide me the guidence how it can be mapped in SAP.
Thanks & Regards
venkat

Answer 1

HI Venkat,
Apologies for the delay.
I have never worked on the production side of IS-Auto. The following info is purely based on my imagination about the process.
I think, you wouldnt have either of Model or VIN number in SAP while the vehicle is being produced. All you might have is the reference vehicle material that is used in VMS or DBM to tract Inventory.
Ideally, a production order would be created to produce the vehicle, there you should be able to use the reference text field to populate the required numbers in the Production order. This if you are mapping using VMS, then you can split the process of manufacturing into 2 or 3 steps with related statuses.  After a particular state or after attaining a particular status, you should be able to have the partly built up vehicle. Which can then be sent to sub contractors for further processing.
In order to answer your question with fool proof answer, I would need the architecture of your proposed solution. Based on the data flow, we can design any other approach.
The above mentioned process I gave was with an assumption that:
        The customer request is recorded in VMS / DBM.
        A production order is triggered from VMS.
        Vehicle is then manufactured upto a particular status,
        VIN is assigned to the production order which can update the VMS system.
        Later the subcon process may follow on.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Harsha