SAP Message 06816 - Material &1 in info record &2 has same sort sequence number

Diagnosis
Among the info records for vendor &V3& to which novendor sub-range has yetbeen assigned, there is already another material (&V1&) with the samesort sequence number.
In a purchase order covering both materials, the sort sequence numbercan only be taken into account for the first item.

Procedure
If possible, assign different sort sequence numbers.