How To Fix WU140 - Supplier for material & & in plant & is DC &. Ext supplier missing for DC

WU140 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WU - Promotion management messages

• Message number: 140

• Message text: Supplier for material & & in plant & is DC &. Ext supplier missing for DC

What causes this issue?

An internal source of supply, i.e. a distribution center, was determined
during supply source determination for a material in a specific plant.
In order to ensure that the distribution center can procure this
material from an external vendor, a second supply source determination
was carried out for the material and the distribution center. No
external vendor was determined during this supply source determination.

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

If there are stocks of the promotional goods in the distribution center,
the distribution center can be used as the source of supply.
If the distribution center first needs to procure the goods you must
firstly create a purchasing info record for the material in the
distribution center.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WU140 - Supplier for material & & in plant & is DC &. Ext supplier missing for DC ?

  The SAP error message WU140 indicates that there is a missing external supplier for a specific material in a distribution center (DC). This error typically arises in the context of procurement and supply chain management within SAP, particularly when dealing with materials that are supposed to be sourced from external suppliers.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Supplier Assignment: The material in question does not have an external supplier assigned in the system for the specified plant and distribution center.
  Incorrect Material Master Data: The material master data may not be correctly set up, particularly in the purchasing view.
  Plant-Specific Settings: The plant settings may not have the necessary supplier information configured.
  Data Inconsistencies: There may be inconsistencies or missing data in the vendor master records or material master records.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Material Master Data:
  
  Go to the material master record (transaction code MM03) and check the purchasing view for the relevant plant and distribution center.
  Ensure that an external supplier is assigned