How To Fix /SRMSMC/REPLICATION160 - Vendor &1: identical phone number belongs to supplier &2

/SRMSMC/REPLICATION160 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SRMSMC/REPLICATION -

• Message number: 160

• Message text: Vendor &1: identical phone number belongs to supplier &2

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message /SRMSMC/REPLICATION160 - Vendor &1: identical phone number belongs to supplier &2 ?

  The SAP error message /SRMSMC/REPLICATION160 indicates that there is a conflict in the vendor master data due to identical phone numbers being associated with different suppliers. Specifically, the error message states that a phone number that is being assigned to a new vendor already exists for another vendor in the system.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Phone Numbers: The primary cause of this error is that the phone number you are trying to assign to a new vendor is already linked to an existing vendor (supplier) in the SAP system.
  Data Replication Issues: This can occur during data replication processes, where vendor data is being synchronized between different systems (e.g., from a legacy system to SAP or between different SAP systems).
  Data Entry Errors: Manual data entry errors can also lead to duplicate phone numbers being assigned to different vendors.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Existing Vendors: 
  
  Use transaction codes like BP (Business