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VSS-Specific Transactions
Apart from the standard transactions for the material, VSS provides the following transactions to support your industry-specific tasks:

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Manufacturer Part Number
In VSS, you can use the 40-character manufacturer part number that processes more than 18 characters. The uniqueness of a part results from the combination of the material number and manufacturer. This ensure the multi-brand capabilities of VSS.
To do so, you must enter the vendor number of the manufacturer in the material master. The prerequisite for using the manufacturer part number is that the conversion exit settings for Inventory-Managed MPN in Customizing is active.

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