Manufacturer Equivalent Parts

Manufacturer Equivalent Part Overview

Manufacturer Equivalent Parts (MEPs) are used in ENOVIA to designate a supplier Company for a Lexmark Enterprise part.

An Enterprise part may have multiple MEPs, one for each supplier Company.

If the supplier Company does not have its own part name/number for the Lexmark Enterprise part:

A Manufacturer Equivalent Part created with Auto Name starts with "MEP-", followed by the original part name.
The Revision (Rev) of a MEP is always the Company name of the supplier.
MEPs do not have revisions, but rather always reference the latest version of the Enterprise part.

Creating an MEP for a part with a Company does not automatically grant the Company access to the part.

See Share a Part with a Supplier.

Defining MEP

Required:

Certain part Types, including many electrical part Types, require a Defining MEP:

These part Types require a Defining MEP in Release state to promote the Enterprise part from Preliminary to Review in the Production Part policy.

The Defining MEP in Release state must also have a CAD Specification with a file.
A new Defining MEP shall require a CAD Spec with a file before it can be promoted to Release state.
Defining MEPs created before implementation of this requirement (July 18, 2014), may be in Release state without a CAD Spec and file.

These Defining MEPs require demotion, the creation of a CAD Spec with a file, and promotion back to Release state before a new revision of a connected Enterprise Part may be promoted out of Preliminary state.

Senior Component Engineer role in ENOVIA is required to add a CAD Spec to a Release state MEP.

Call the PLM Hotline for assistance with Release state Defining MEPs that require a Cad Spec with a file.

The first MEP associated with an Enterprise Part of these part Types in Preliminary state (or in any state of the Development policy), becomes the Defining MEP.
Other MEPs may be created for the part and the Defining MEP may be Assigned or Unassigned among them.

Not Required:

Enterprise part Types that do not require a Defining MEP do not automatically have a Defining MEP assigned when an MEP is created, but may have one assigned.