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alias: user-guide-manage-product-manufacturers
description: "Define and manage business partners associated with products, ensuring unique combinations"
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# Manage Product Manufacturers

:lock: Product.**Edit**

## Overview

This operation is used to define the Business Partners (Manufacturers) associated to this **Product**.

## Setup

No specific setup is required other than to meet the precondition of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* The Product exists and it is Active.
* The Product Type is Raw Material, Part or Durable.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1: Manage Product Manufacturers

Navigating to the Product Manufacturer section on the right hand side of the screen will scroll the page to the appropriate section and the **Manage Product Manufacturers** wizard can be opened by pressing the **Manage** button.

1. Add as many Product Manufacturers as desired, providing for each line:
      * The **Business Partner** name.
      * The Part Number.
      * Optionally choose the Moisture Sensitivity Level for the Product Manufacturer. The list of possible values is taken from the lookup table *MoistureSensitivityLevel*. The values for the Floor Life and Floor Life Unit of Time will be displayed automatically.
      * Optionally specify the Capacity Class (from the lookup table *CapacityClass*). This property is only used for scheduling purposes for **Resources** of type *Tunnel* and *Batch*.
      * Optionally define the Standard Quantity of the supplied part.
      * Optionally leave a note specific to the Manufacturer.
2. Select **Update** to complete the operation.

!!! warning
    If there are more than one Product Manufacturer defined for a single **Product**, the combination between **Business Partner** and Part Number must be unique.

![manage_product_manufacturers][manage_product_manufacturers]

[manage_product_manufacturers]: images/manage_product_manufacturers.png