Sometimes we want to change a standard cost item to vendor managed inventory. We still want to consume the cost of the part into productions, but we no longer purchase as an item. Vendor will hand us an invoice for a total cost of all VMI restocks, and we do not care about on hand as long as vendor keeps us in parts.
How do you convert such items? I think the MS solution is to create a new part number, which is difficult for us because we design in Creo/Windchill, so we can't simply change a part number.