Purchasing

SAP Purchasing Management
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Compu-Genius Inc. Document Number: GD-2002-MM 4.6
10575 Katy Freeway Created by: Gyanesh Dadhich
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Houston-Tx-77024 gd@compu-genius.com
CompuGenius, Inc.
SAP Purchasing Management

(Part of Logistic Courses)
mySAP Logistic 4.6d

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SAP R/3 Purchasing Management

Introduction
Purchasing is a component of Materials Management (MM). The Materials Management

(MM) module is fully integrated with the other modules of the SAP System. It supports all
the phases of materials management: materials planning and control, purchasing, goods
receiving, inventory management, and invoice verification.
The tasks of the Purchasing component are as follows:
• External procurement of materials and services
• Determination of possible sources of supply for a requirement identified by the

materials planning and control system or arising directly within a user department
• Monitoring of deliveries from and payments to vendors
Good communication between all participants in the procurement process is necessary

for Purchasing to function smoothly.
Integration:

Purchasing communicates with other modules in the SAP System to ensure a constant
flow of information. For example, it works side by side with the following modules:
• Controlling (CO):
The interface to the cost accounting system (Controlling) can be seen above all
in the case of purchase orders for materials intended for direct consumption and
for services, since these can be directly assigned to a cost center or a production
order.
• Financial Accounting (FI):
Purchasing maintains data on the vendors that are defined in the system jointly
with Financial Accounting. Information on each vendor is stored in a vendor
master record, which contains both accounting and procurement information. The
vendor master record represents the creditor account in financial accounting.
Through PO account assignment, Purchasing can also specify which G/L

accounts are to be charged in the financial accounting system.
• Sales and Distribution (SD):
Within the framework of materials planning and control, a requirement that has
arisen in the Sales area can be passed on to Purchasing. In addition, when a
requisition is created, it can be directly assigned to a sales order

Organizational Structure - Levels
Client
Company Code A Company Code B
Controlling Area A Controlling Area B
Plant A1 Plant A 2 Plant B
Storage Location Storage Location Storage Location

0001 0002 0003
Purchasing Organization
(Cross Company Code)
The structure of an enterprise is represented in the SAP R/3 System by the following
organizational levels:
Client:
Client is highest organizational level in Hierarchy. The Client is a Commercial,
Organizational unit within the R/3 System, with its own data, Master Records and Set of
tables. From a business perspective, the clients form a corporate group.
Company code:
Company code is the smallest unit in organization structure.
This level represents an independent accounting unit within a client. Balance sheet and
Profit & Loss statements, required by law, are created at company code level. You can
set up several company codes in one clients level.
Example: a subsidiary company, member of a corporate group.

Plant:
Plant can be a manufacturing plant in the true sense, or can represent a branch office or
site within a company code. A plant is an organizational logistic unit that structures the
enterprise from the perspective of production, procurement, plant maintenance and
material planning.
In SAP system, a plant must be assigned to one or more purchasing organizations.
Furthermore, a plant must always be assigned to a company code.
Storage Location:
The storage location is an organizational unit that allows the differentiation of material
stocks with in a plant. Physical inventory is carried out at storage location level.
Purchasing organization:
Purchasing organization is an organizational unit responsible for procuring materials and
services for one or more plants and for negotiating prices and terms of delivery with
vendors. The purchasing organization assumes legal responsibility for all external
purchase transactions.
You can incorporate purchasing into the company structure by assigning purchasing
organization to company code and plants. You can have a combination of centralized
and decentralized organizations.
Purchasing group:
The purchasing organization is further subdivided into purchasing groups (buyer
groups), which are responsible for day-to-day buying activities
A purchasing group can also act for several purchasing organizations
The purchasing organization is integrated within the organizational structure as follows:
• The purchasing organization is the highest level of aggregation (after the

organizational unit "client") for purchasing statistics.
• A purchasing organization can be assigned to several company codes.
(= Corporate-group-wide purchasing).
• A purchasing organization can be assigned to one company code.
(= Company-specific purchasing).
• A purchasing organization must be assigned to one or more plants.
(= Plant-specific purchasing).
• A purchasing organization can be divided into several purchasing groups that are
responsible for different operational areas.
• Each purchasing organization has its own info records and conditions for pricing.
• Each purchasing organization has its own vendor master data.
• Each purchasing organization evaluates its own vendors using MM Vendor

Evaluation.
Purchasing Master data:

MM Purchasing processes the following types of master data:
• Material master data
The Material Master record is a company’s main source of material specific data. Details
on materials an enterprise procures externally or produces in-house. The unit of
measure and the description of a material are examples of the data stored in a material
master record. Other SAP Logistics components also access the material data.
• Vendor master data
Vendor master data contain Information about external suppliers (creditors). The
vendor's name and address, the currency the vendor uses, and the vendor number
(stored in the SAP system as an account number) is typical vendor data. Vendor master
record is maintained by Accounting and Purchasing. Each user department can maintain
both general data and purchasing and accounting specific data centrally or decentrally.
• Purchasing Info Record
The info record establishes the link between material and vendor, thus facilitating the
process of selecting quotations. For example, the info record gives the unit of measure
used for ordering from the vendor, and indicates vendor price changes affecting the
material over a period of time.
• Source list
The source list specifies the possible sources of supply for a material. It shows the time
period during which a material may be ordered from a given vendor.
• Quota arrangement
The quota arrangement specifies which portion of the total requirement of a material
over a certain period is to be assigned to particular vendors on the basis of quotas.

Procurement Cycle:
8
Payment
Processing
1
7 Determination of
Invoice requirements
Verification
6 2
Goods Receipts Source
Procurement Determination
5 3
P O Monitoring Vendor Selection
4
P O Processing

1:Determination of Requirements: The user department responsible can manually
pass a requirement for material to the purchasing department via a purchase requisition.
If you have set a MRP procedure for a material in the material master, the R/3 system
automatically generates a purchase requisition.
2: Determination of Source of supply: The R/3 system helps the buyer determine
possible sources of supply. You can use determination of the source of supply to create
request for quotation (RFQ) and enter the quotations. You can also access existing
purchase order and condition in the system.
3: Vender selection: the system simplifies the selection of the vendors by making
price comparison between the various quotations. It automatically sends rejection letters.
4: Purchase order processing: The system facilitates data entry by providing entering
aids when you are entering purchase orders.
5: Purchase order monitoring: The buyer can monitor the processing status of the
purchase order on line at any time and can determine weather goods or an invoice have
been received for the relevant purchase order item. The system also supports reminder
procedures.
6: Goods Receipts: The system compares the Goods receipts quantities with the
purchase order quantity.
7: Invoice Verification: Vendor invoices are checked for accuracy of prices and
contents.
8: Payment Processing: Financial Accounting normally deals with vendor’s

payments.
Table of contents

SAP R/3 Purchasing Management
Step 1: Define a Company
Step 2: Define Company code
Step 3: Assign Company code to Company
Step 4: Define a Plant
Step 5: Maintain Purchasing Organization
Step 6: Maintain Storage Location
Step 7: Assign Plant to Company code
Step 8: Assign Purchasing organization to Plant
Step 9: Assign Purchasing organization to Company code
Step 10: Material Master
Step11: Create Vendor Accounts Group
Step12: Create Number Ranges for Vendor Accounts
Step 13: Assign Number Ranges to Vendors Accounts Group
Step 14: Cerate Vendor Masters
Step 15: Source of Supply: Purchasing Info Records
Step 16: Changing an Info Record
Step 17: Net Price Simulation
Step 18: Out line Agreements: Contracts:
Step 19: Schedule Agreement
Step 20: Outline Agreement: Display, Change, Cancel and Block

Step 21: Optimized Purchasing: Source determination
Step 22: Creating Purchase Requisition
Step 23: Assign and Process of Purchase Requisition
Step 24: Creating Purchase Requisition W/O Master Record
Step 25: Change in Purchase Requisition
Step 26: Simplified Procurement process (ERS)
Step 27: Creating Purchase Orders
Step 28: Displaying a Purchase order
Step 29: Goods Receipts
Step 30: Run the Settlement Program
Step 31: Vendor Evaluation
Purchasing Management
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Step 1:
Define A Company
Transaction Code: OX15
A Company is an organizational unit

in Accounting, which represents a
business organization according to
the requirements of commercial law
in a particular country.
A company is generally used in
legal consolidation module to roll up
financial statement. A company
can consist of one or more
company codes.
A Company should be defined for
every country as a legal
requirement.
Company is represented by 6
digits alphanumeric key.
Menu path:
IMG >Enterprise Structure>
Definition >Finanzwesen (Financial
Accounting)>Define Company
Click on New Entries

Next screen will display: Company:
enter 6-digit alphanumeric identifier
for your company.
Company Name: enter your
company name
Postal Code: Enter ZIP code
City: enter name of city
Country: enter country name
Language: enter language
Currency: enter currency that your
company will operate with
Click on Save or (Ctrl+S)
Step 2:

Define Company Code

Company code:
A Company code represents an

independent accounting unit, for
example, a company within a
corporate group. You process all
business transaction, activity and
manage accounts at company code
level.
Balance sheet and Profit & Loss
statements, required by the law are
created at the company code level.
Note: you can create New

company code and Copy of
existing one
Menu path:
IMG>Enterprise Structure>
Definition>Finanzwesen>Define,
Copy, delete, check company
Code
Put your cursor on “Edit Company
Code Data”.
Click on choose (You can double

click it also)

If you want to create new company
code click on New Entries or if you
want to copy existing one click on
copy button on menu bar and
enter the company code you want
to copy. After copying, you can edit
data in your new company code.
This example is for new
company code
Next screen will display:
Company code: enter four
Character company code identifier.
Company name: enter your
company name.
Additional Data field:
City: enter city name.
Country: enter country name.
Currency: enter currency
Language: enter language. You
can use possible entry button to
select language.
Click on Address icon.
Next screen display: Edit Address
Title: company
Name: enter your company name.
Search terms: enter search term.
Street and House number
Country: enter country name.
Language: enter language
Click on Enter / Copy to

Save the document.
Step 3:

Assign a Company Code

To The Company
After define company code you
should assign it to your company.
Menu path:
IMG >Enterprise Structure>

Assignment >Finanzewesen >
Assign Company code to
Company
Next screen:
Click on position
Enter your Company Code And hit
Enter
So that your Company Code
shows at the top.
Under the Column Company and
against your Company Code enter
Your Company name identifier.
(You can select it from possible
entry button.)
Click on Save.
The system will give a notification

that request was carried out and
then the bottom of the screen that
“Data was saved”.
Step 4:

Define A Plant:
Plant can be a manufacturing plant in the true sense, or can represent a branch office or
site within a company code. A Plant is an organizational logistics unit that structures the
enterprise from the perspective of Production, Procurement, Plant maintenance and
materials planning.
In SAP system, a plant must be assigned to one or more purchasing organizations.

Furthermore, a plant must always be assigned to a company code.
A Plant can be one of the following types of locations:

• Central delivery warehouse
• Regional Sales office
• Manufacturing Facility
• Corporate headquarter
• Maintenance Plant
Define A Plant:
Menu path:
IMG> Enterprise Structure>
Definition> Logistik Allgermein
(Logistic Alignment) > Define,
copy, delete, check plant
Note: you can create new plant
or you can copy of existing
plant.
When you use this function, the
system process the entry in the
plant table and in all dependent
customizing and system tables in
which the plant included as a key.


Double click on define plant
(If you want copy of existing plant

click on copy button on next
screen. After coping plant you
can change the editing.
If you want to create new plant
click on New entries.)

Plant: enter a unique four-
character name for plant.
Click on Save.

Edit Address screen will be

display:
Enter Name, Address
Communication field
Click on Enter.

Step 5:
Maintain Purchasing Organization:

Purchasing organization is an organizational unit that negotiates conditions of purchase,
prices and terms of delivery with vendors for one or more plants.
It is responsible for procuring materials and services and purchasing organization
assumes legal responsibility for all external purchase transactions.
A purchasing organization can be divided into several purchasing groups that are
responsible for different operational areas.
• Each purchasing organization has its own info records and conditions for pricing.
• Each purchasing organization has its own vendor master data.
• All items of an external purchasing document, that is, request for quotation,
purchase order, contract, or scheduling agreement, belong to a purchasing
organization.
• The purchasing organization is the highest level of aggregation (after the
organizational unit "client") for purchasing statistics.
• The purchasing organization serves as the selection criterion for lists of all
purchasing documents.
Possible Purchasing Organizational forms:

You can incorporate purchasing into company structure by assigning the purchasing
organization to company codes and plants this means you can determine weather
purchasing is organized centrally or decentrally in your company. You can have a
combination of centralized and decentralized purchasing organization.
• Plant -Specific Purchasing organization: In Plant specific procurement, a plant

is responsible for procuring materials for one plant only.
Purchasing Purchasing
Organization A Organization
Company
Code
Plant A Plant B
• Cross Plant Purchasing organization: This Purchasing organization procures

material and services for all plant assigned to the company code.
Company
Code
Plant A Plant B

• Cross- Company code Purchasing Organization: if you want to organize

purchasing on a cross-company code basis, you cannot assign a company code
to the purchasing organization in customizing. For ex: When you create a
purchase order, the system asks you to enter the company code for which you
want to procure the material.
Plant A Plant B
Company Company
Code A Code B
You can organize your purchasing function in the following ways:
• Corporate-group-wide purchasing
• Company-specific purchasing
• Plant-specific purchasing
• All of these forms can co-exist within a single client
Note: Purchasing organization 0001 is already preset in all dependent tables.

SAP recommends that you retain this number if you require only one purchasing
organization. You will have then customized only few tables.

Maintain purchasing
organization:
You can incorporate

purchasing into company
structure by assigning the
purchasing organization to
company codes and plants
Menu path:
Materialwirstschaft (Material
management) > Maintain

Click on new entries:

Purch. Organization: enter the
purchasing organization name
purch. Org. descr: Enter the
description for purchasing
organization
Click on Save
Step 6:

Maintain Storage Location :

Storage location is an organizational unit that allows the differentiation of material stock
within a plant.
If a material is located in a storage location, the storage data for that storage location
must exist in the material master record, so that the system can manage the stock
quantities at storage-location level
Physical inventory is carried out at storage location level.
Maintain Storage Location:

Transaction code: OX09
Menu path:
Materialwirstschaft (Material
management) > Maintain storage
Location
Popup window will display:

Enter your Plant code:
Click on Enter

Storage Location Screen will

display:
Click on new entries:
Select storage location under

dialog structure:
Slocation : enter location identifier
number
Description: enter description for
Location
Click on Save.
Double click on Address of

storage
No: enter number for location.
Click on Save.
Step 7:

Assign Plant to Company

code:
A plant must be assign to a
company code.
Menu path:
IMG> Enterprise structure >
Assignment> Logistik Alligemein
(Logistic)> Assign Plant to
company code
Allocation of Plants> Company

code screen will display:
Select your company code

Click on assign


Check your plant
Click on Enter
In next screen you can see your

plant under your company code
node.
Click on Save.

Step 8:
Assign Purchasing
Organization to plant:
In the SAP system, a plant must

be assigned to one or more
purchasing organizations.
Menu Path:
Assignment> Materialwirstschaft
(Material management) > Assign
Purchasing organization to plant
Plants> Purchasing Organization

screen will display
Select your purchasing
organization
Click on Assign

Check your plant
Click on Enter.

plant under your purchasing
organization.
Click on Save.

Step 9:
Assign Purchasing
organization to company
code
Menu path:
Purchasing organization to
company code.

Click on Assign

Next screen:
Check your purchasing
organization
Click on Enter

purchasing organization under
your company code node.
Click on Save.
Step 7:

Assign Plant to Company

code:
A plant must be assign to a
company code.
Menu path:
IMG> Enterprise structure >
Assignment> Logistik Alligemein
(Logistic)> Assign Plant to
company code
Allocation of Plants> Company

code screen will display:

Click on assign


Check your plant
Click on Enter

plant under your company code
node.
Click on Save.

Step 8:
Assign Purchasing
Organization to plant:
In the SAP system, a plant must

be assigned to one or more
purchasing organizations.
Menu Path:
Purchasing organization to plant
Plants> Purchasing Organization

screen will display
Select your purchasing
organization
Click on Assign

Check your plant
Click on Enter.

plant under your purchasing
organization.
Click on Save.

Step 9:
Assign Purchasing
organization to company
code
Menu path:
Purchasing organization to
company code.

Click on Assign

Next screen:
Check your purchasing
organization
Click on Enter

purchasing organization under
your company code node.
Click on Save.
Master Data for Purchasing

Purchasing is supported in its everyday work by the following types of master data:
• Material Master
• Vendor Master
• Purchasing info record
• Source list
• Conditions
• Vendor evaluation
Step 10:
Material Master:
The Material Master record is a company’s main source of material- specific data. It is
used by all components in the R/3 system.
The material master database (often referred to simply as the "material master",
comprising all the individual material master records stored in the system) contains
descriptions of all materials that an enterprise procures, produces, and keeps in stock. It
is the central repository of information on materials (such as inventory levels) for the
enterprise. The integration of all material data in a single database objects prevents the
problem of data redundancy. Every area, such as Purchasing, Inventory Management,
Material Planning and Invoice verification can use the data stored.
Material master
Transaction code: MM01
Since materials are processed by
various user departments within a
company and each department
stores different information for the
materials. The Material Master is
sub divided into information
grouped by user departments.
Each user department has a
different view of the material
master record and id responsible
for maintaining the data to support
its function.
Menu path:
SAP main menu> Logistics>
Material Management> Material
Master > Material> Create
(General) >Immediately

When editing Material Master

data, you go through a number
of series.
Create Material initial screen will
display
Material: leave blank this field
system will assign Material
Number after save.
Industry sector: Industries sector
has a control function in the R/3
system. Choose any industry ex
mechanical. The Industry sector
you assign to a material cannot
be change later.
Material type: select material

type, ex Finished product. Various
material types are provided in
SAP R/3 system.
You can also copy material

Master from this screen.
Click on “Select View”
Pop up window will be display
Choose Basic Data 1,

Basic Data 2, Purchasing,
General Plant Data/Storage 1,
General Plant Data/Storage 2,
Accounting 1,and Accounting 2.
Click on Enter to Continue.

A popup window will be display.

Plant: enter your plant ID.
Click on Enter.
Basic data 1
Enter Description of material
Enter Base unit of measure
Enter Material Group ex 103 for

electronics
Click on Enter
Click on Basic data 2
Click on Enter

Click on purchasing
Click on Enter
Click on plant data/ stor 1
Click on Enter
Click on Accounting 1
In the field Valuation Class,
enter valuation class number or
use F4 to choose one value.
In the field Price Control, enter

S like standard price.
In the field Standard Price,

enter 10.
Click on Save/ Post

(Create more than one material
master)

Vendor Master:
Accounting (FI) and Purchasing (MM) both maintain the Vendor Master record. In
Accounting, the Vendor is regarded as the company’s crediting business partner.
The vendor master database contains information about the vendors that supply an
enterprise. This information is stored in individual vendor master records. A vendor
master record contains the vendor’s name and address, as well as data such as:
• The currency used for ordering from the vendor
• Terms of payment
• Names of important contact persons (sales staff)
Since, to the accounts department, the vendor is generally a creditor (accounts payable),
the vendor master record also contains accounting information, such as the relevant
control account (reconciliation account) in the general ledger.
Each user department can maintain both general data and Purchasing and Accounting –
specific data centrally or decentrally. In addition Purchasing often maintains data at
corporate group level.
Step 11:
Create Vendor Accounts

Group
Transaction code: OBD3

To create Vendor master record,
you have to specify an account
group. The account group cannot
be changed after you create the
master record. Your system
administrator, however, can
change the above-mentioned
account group specification.
Menu Path:
IMG>Financial accounting>
Accounts receivable and Accounts
payable >Vendors accounts>
Master records>preparation for
creating Vendors Master records>
Define Accounts group with screen
layout (Vendors).
Click on New Entries


Accounts group: Enter four
Character identifier for your
vendor accounts group
Name: enter description for
vendors group.
Click on Save.
Step 12:
Create Number Range for

Vendors Accounts:
Transaction code: XKN1
Menu path:
IMG >Financial Accounting>

Accounts Receivable and
Accounts Payable Vendors
Accounts>Master records>
Preparation for creating vendors
master records> Create number
ranges for vendor accounts

Under vendor number ranges

screen
Click on Change Interval push

button (the one with pencil mark).
Click on Insert Interval push

button
(Shift+ F1)
Maintain Number Ranges

Intervals Screen:
No.: Next available number.
From number: starting number

of next available number range
To number: ending number of

the number range.
Make sure that the number

range is not too large and the
number you are assigning does
not overlap with an existing
number range.
Click on insert enter.
Click on Save.
SAP will display a notice, click

on enter to continue.
SAP will display a message in
the status bar that the changes
were saved.

Step 13:
Assign Number Range to

Vendor Accounts Group
Transaction code: OBAS
After create number ranges next
step is allocate number ranges to
vendors account groups:
Menu path:
IMG >Financial Accounting>
Accounts Receivable and
Accounts Payable>Vendors
Accounts>Master records>
Preparation for creating vendors
master records> Assign number
ranges to Vendor Accounts
Groups.
Click on Position.
Type your Vendor account group

in the pop up screen.
Click on enter to continue.
Under the number range column

enter the two-digit identifier for the
number range you want to use,
which you created in before step.
Click on Save.

Step14:
Create Vendor Master

Transaction code: MK01
Vendor Master records contain

information on the vendors
(external suppliers) of an
enterprise.
You can create vendor master

either Purchasing or Financial
side.
Menu Path:
SAP main menu> Material
Management>Purchasing>
Master Data>vendor> Create
Create Vendor: Initial Screen will

display:
Vendor: leave blank (system
internally generate number for
vendor)
Purch. Organization: enter your
purchasing organization.
Accounts group: enter your
vendor Accounts group. You can
select from possible entry button.
Click on enter to move next

screen.

Create vendor: Address screen will

display:
Title: enter company:
Name: enter Vendor name
Enter street address
Click on next page button.
(Twice)
Create Vendor: Purchasing data

screen will display.
Order currency: enter the currency
Terms of payment: click on
possible entry button and select
terms of payment.
Click on Save.
SAP will display a message
Vendor xxxxx has been created
for purchasing organization , at
bottom on screen.

Source of supply:
Step 15:
Purchasing Info Record:
Purchasing Info records serves as a source of information for Purchasing. The

purchasing info record contains information on a specific material and a vendor
supplying the material. For example, the vendor's current pricing is stored in the info
record.
Purchasing Info record is an important source of information for the buyer, enabling him
or her to determine via list display which vendor offer a particular material or which
material can be procured from a particular vendor.
You can store and maintain the followings data in Info records.
• Current and future prices and conditions (for exp. Fright and discounts)
• Delivery data (for exp, Planned delivery time).
• Vendor data (for exp, contracts)
• Texts
The info record allows buyers to quickly determine:
-Which materials have been previously offered or supplied by a specific vendor
-Which vendors have offered or supplied a specific material
Purchasing Info Record
Transaction code ME11.
You can maintain info

records manually or
automatically from
quotations, purchase orders,
or online agreements.
Purchasing Info record contains
general data that is valid for every
purchasing organization or every
plant.
Menu path:
SAP main menu > Logistics>
Material Management> Purchasing
> Master Data> Info record
>Create

Create Info record: initial screen
Vendor: enter vendor account

number
Material: enter material number
Purchasing org: enter your
purchasing organization
Plant: enter your plant identifier
Click on Enter
(If the system shows warning by
pass it, click on enter again)
Create info record: General data

screen will display:
This screen will show you vendor

data and origin data.
You can enter reminder for vendor
data.
Click on purchase org. data 1


Plnd dely. Time: enter vendors
planned delivery time. (Used for
scheduling)
Purchase group: select purchase
group from possible entry button.
Standard Quantity: enter the
standard quantity for price
determination.
Net price: enter net price for
purchasing. You have two options.
1.You enter the net price per unit
in the Net price field. This price
includes the vendor's normal
discounts or surcharges only -
cash discounts for prompt
payment, for example, are
calculated separately.
2.You enter the gross price in the
Net price field and then maintain
the pricing conditions. (To do this,
choose Conditions.) The system
automatically replaces the entered
gross price with the calculated net
price.
Click on conditions

You can specify both time-

dependent and time-independent.
Conditions in info records, contracts

are time dependent conditions and
conditions in purchase orders are
time independents.
Time depended conditions can be

restricted to a certain period of
validity.
Valid on: enter validity starting

date.
Valid to: enter validity up to date
Rate: enter rate for material.

Unit: enter quantity
Click on back Arrow to move back
Click on Text
Text overview screen will be
display:
Enter logical text for Info record
notes and purchase order text
Click on Save.

Step 16:
Changing an Info record

Transaction code: ME 12
If you wish make changes in Info
records, you can change in some
specific data. If you want to
change in several info records
simultaneously, you can use
Mass maintenance function.
Menu path:
Material Management>
Purchasing > Master Data> Info
Record >Change
Change Info Record: Initial screen

will display
Vendor: enter vendor account

number
Purchasing org: enter your
Plant: enter your plant identifier
Info Record: enter info record
number you want to change. You
can search by possible entry
button.
Click on Enter

Click on purchasing
Organization data
You can change in only specific
fields, like the field, which are
open for change.
Mostly white field are changeable
and gray fields un changeable.
In this field you can change in
Control Data.
Ex: Planned delivery time
Purchasing group, standard
quantity etc.
Click on condition
Gross price condition change

You can change validity date

Change in Rate (Gross price)
Click on Save after changes.

Step 17:
Net Price Simulation :
The net price simulation enables you to compare prices and conditions as follows:
-Prices of different vendors for a material and/or a material group
-Prices of all materials supplied by a specific vendor
You can calculate the net prices of a material supplied by a number of different vendors
based on any simulation quantity you care to specify.
Net Price Simulation :
Transation Code : ME1L
You can choose Net price

simulation by selecting:
-Compare the prices of a material
supplied by different vendors, By
Material
- Compare the prices of all
materials supplied by one vendor,
By Vendor
Menu Path:
> Master Data> Info Record > List
Displays> By Vendor

Info Records per Vendors screen

will display:
Vendor: Enter vendor Number
From –To.
Purchasing organization: enter your
Plant: enter plant Id.
Click on Execute Icon
Purchasing Info records screen will

display
The list contains the net prices for
all purchasing organizations and
plants that are defined for the info
record. In addition, the net price of
the last purchase order and/or the
last quotation are/is listed
Select the material and check the
box.
Click on Price Simulation Box or

F8

New window will be popup:

Enter pricing simulation date.
Enter simulation quantity.
Enter unit of measure
Click on Enter.
Next screen will display simulation

price for material.
The info record with the best price
marked in the resulting list with an
arrow. If no price exists for an info
record, a note will print on the list.
Click on Simulation List

Next screen will display Price

Simulation for Info records,
You can see detail result of price
simulation with comparison.

Out line Agreement :
An outline purchase agreement is a longer-term agreement between a purchasing

organization and a vendor regarding the supply of materials or the performance of
services within a certain period according to predefined terms and conditions. (Outside
SAP, such agreements may be referred to by a number of terms, including "blanket",
"master", “framework" or "umbrella" agreements)
In the SAP System, such agreements are subdivided into:
Contracts:
-Centrally agreed contracts
-Distributed contracts
Scheduling agreements:
-Scheduling agreement referencing a centrally agreed contract
Step 18 :
Contracts: Out line

Agreement
Transaction code: ME31
In the MM Purchasing component,

a contract is a type of outline
purchase agreement against which
release orders (releases) can be
issued for agreed materials or
services as and when required
during a certain overall time-frame.
Menu path:
Purchasing>Outline Agreement >
Contract> create

Create contract screen will be

display
Vendor: enter vendor number.
Agreement type: click F4 and
chose WK (value contract) or MK
(quantity contract).
Purch. Organization,: enter
purchasing organization.
Purchasing group: click F4 and

chose one value for group.
Plant: enter the your plant
Click on Enter.
Next screen will be display;
Validity end: enter date that

contract is finished.
Targ. val. :Enter amount target for

the contract for example 100000
Click on Enter.

Item Overview Screen will
display.
Item: enter item no.
Material: enter material no.
Targ.qty: enter target quantity.
Net price: enter price of material.
Click on Save
SAP will display Quantity Contract
created under Number
Xxxxxx at bottom of screen.
Step 19:
Schedule Agreement
Transaction Code: ME31L
A scheduling agreement is a form of

outline purchase agreement under
which materials are procured on
predetermined dates within a
certain time period.
A scheduling agreement consists of

a number of items, for each of
which a procurement type is
defined.
Menu path:
Purchasing> Outline Agreement
Scheduling Agreement> Create >
Vendor Known

Create Scheduling Agreement

screen display:
Vendor: enter vendor number
Agreement type: In the field you
specify whether you are creating a
scheduling agreement with or
without release documentation, for
example. The agreement types
LPA (with release documentation)
and LP (without release
documentation) are defined in the
standard system, select agreement
type LP
Agreement date: enter the date of

agreement.

purchase organization.
Purchasing group: select

purchasing group Ex 001
Plant: enter the plant id
Click on Enter.
Validity date start: enter start date

Validity end: enter Agreement
end date
Targ.value : enter target value ex:

100000
Click on Enter.

Item: enter item number
In the field material enter

material number.
Targ. Qty: enter total contract
quantity for example 10000
In the field Net price, enter price

of contract for example 10
Click on Enter.
Next screen will display
Click on Save
SAP will display a message at
Bottom of screen.

Step 20:
Out line Agreement : Display, Change,Cancel and block
You can display, change, cancel, and block outline purchase agreements. You can find
and display outline agreements. You can display a single outline agreement and can
create analyses of outline agreements.
Displaying an Outline Agreement:
Menu Path: SAP main menu> Logistics> Material Management> Purchasing> Outline
Agreement >Contract/Scheduling Agreement> Display
Enter the number of the desired outline agreement.
Click Enter, The overview of the chosen agreement will display.
Changing or Canceling an Outline Agreement:

Changing or canceling an outline agreement, you must consider the following:
• When you change an outline agreement after it has been sent to the vendor, a
change document (change notice) is automatically generated and queued for
printing or transmission. The change document tells the vendor what you have
changed in the outline agreement.
• If goods have already been delivered, then the changes you can make to the
outline agreement are limited. For example, you cannot change the quantity to
deliver in a quantity contract to an amount that is less than the amount already
delivered.
If the invoice has been received or the goods have been paid for and you change
the price, the change has no effect. (The vendor must send an invoice for the
new amount or credit your account.)
• You can view the ordering activity for a contract item by displaying the release
(order) documentation for the item you can "block" an outline agreement to
freeze all activity on it. After the implementation and checking of desired
changes, you can unblock the agreement again.
Step : 21
Optimized Purchasing : Source Determination
The source determination facility helps you to find the most suitable source for a certain
requirement from the large volume of data that is available, i.e. it suggests a suitable
outline agreement or vendor for ordering purposes.
The system determines the source of supply of a requested material on the basis of the
following factors (in the order shown):
The system first determines whether a quota arrangement within whose validity
period the delivery date in the requisition falls exists for the material.
If a quota arrangement exists, the system determines the vendor from whom the
material is to be procured according to the quotas assigned to the vendors and
then suggests the source.
If no source can be determined this way, the system checks the source list.
• Source list
The system determines whether an entry in the source list within whose validity
period the delivery date of the requisition falls exists for the material. The source

in question may be a fixed vendor or an outline agreement (contract or
scheduling agreement).
If the source list contains a unique source, the requisition is assigned to that
source.
If several sources are found, a box appears for selection purposes.
If no source could be determined, the existing outline agreements and info

records are examined.
• Outline agreement and info record

The system searches for contracts, scheduling agreements, and info records for
the material and suggests these.
(If info records with more than one purchasing organization exist, all info records
of the purchasing organization(s) that is/are responsible for procurement for the
requesting plant are also suggested.)
If several outline agreements and perhaps info records exist, all possible sources
are offered for selection in a box.
Source Determination
Transaction code : ME01
The source list is used in the

administration of sources of
supply.
It specifies the allowed (and

disallowed) sources of a material
for a certain plant within a
predefined period. Each source is
defined by means of a source list
record.
Menu path:

Purchasing> Outline Agreement
> Master Data > Source list>
Maintain

Material: enter your material

number
Plant: enter plant Id.
Click on Enter
Overview screen will display:
In the field Valid from, enter the

date valid from.
Valid to: enter the date valid up to

Porg: enter purchasing
organization
Agreement: Enter the contract

number or you can select from
possible entry button.
Item: enter the first item line See

in the contract that you created
either 10 or 1.
Click on Fix radio button means

this is fixed source. Within a
validity period, there may be no
more than one fixed source of
supply of the same type (that is,
one vendor or outline agreement).

System always proposes this

contract when you convert the
purchase requisition to purchase
order.
Click on Save.
The Source list is created.
Step 22:
Purchase Requisition:
A purchase requisition is a request or instruction to Purchasing to procure a certain

quantity of a material or a service so that it is available at a certain point in time.
A purchase requisition can be fulfilled through purchase orders or longer-term purchase

agreements.
Requisitions can be created either directly or indirectly. Directly means that someone
from the requesting department enters a purchase requisition manually. The person
creating the requisition determines what and how much to order, and the delivery date.
Indirectly means that the purchase requisition is initiated via another SAP component.
A purchase requisition consists of a number of items, for each of which a procurement

type is defined. The following procurement types exist: Standard, Subcontracting,
Consignment, Stock transfer, and External service

Ordering: Create Purchase

Requisition
Transaction Code :ME51N
It is an internal document: it is
not used outside the enterprise.
You can create Purchase

requisition with or without Master
record.
If a master record exists for the

material that is to be ordered,
proceed as follows:
Menu path:

> Purchase Requisition >Create
Create Purchase requisition

screen will display
Select Purchase Requisition
Click on item overview

Create Purchase Requisition

Check in the box SOURCE

DETERMINATION, so system can
propose the source of supply. If
not then no source is proposed.
Material: Enter material number

that you create in contract and
source list.
Enter quantity: enter quantity for

purchase requisition
Delivery date: enter material
delivery date
Plant: Enter plant that you create

in source list
Enter purchasing group
Click on Enter
You can see that system propose

the contract in the box
“agreement” along with vendor.
Click on Save

"Purchase Requisition number
xxxx created"

Step 23:
Assign and Process of

Purchase requisition
Transaction: ME57
Menu Path:
Purchasing>Purchase Requisition
Follow-on Functions> Assign And
Process
- Do not forget to select box

“Assigned purchase requisition
- Enter Purchase requisition that

you just created in the field
purchase requisition
- Click F8 or icon execute

Select this item and click icon

Assignment
Highlight on contract number

i.e. 4600000030 and click icon
Process assignment

New window will be pop up:
You can create Purchase order

from this screen.
Click Continuer or Enter
Save the Purchase Order.

Purchase Order is created.
Step: 24

Create Purchase
Requisition W/O Master
Record
Transaction code: ME51-N
If the requested material has no

master record and is to be
ordered for direct usage or
consumption, you can specify
which consumption account is to
be charged. This process is
termed account assignment.
If a master record not exists for

the material that is to be ordered,
proceed as follows:
Menu path:

Purchasing > Purchase
Requisition >Create

Create purchase requisition

Item: enter item number

A (Account Assignments): enter
Account Assignment Category.
Ex: Third party
Short text: enter short text for
Requisition
Quantity req.: enter required
quantity
Unit of measure:
Delivery date: enter date of
delivery
Material group: enter material
group Id
Plant: enter plant Id
Purchasing group: enter
purchasing group
Single Accounts Assignment

under Item Header
G/L Account: enter G/L account
number or you can search from
possible search button.
Cost center: enter cost object link

with your G/L account.
Select Valuation under Item

header
Valuation price: Enter valuation

price
Click on Enter
Click on Save

"Purchase Requisition number
xxxx created"
Step: 25

Change In Purchase
Requisition
Transaction Code: ME52N
You can change in some fields of

Purchasing Requisition.
Menu Path:

Purchasing>Purchase Requisition
Change
Enter the number of the purchase

requisition you wish to change.
Click on Enter
Change Purch. Requisition

You can make change; you wish

to change in some fields.
Click on Save after changes.

Simplified Procurement Process
Step:26
ERS (Evaluated Receipt

Settlement)
Step 1: Turn on the flag ERS on

vendor file.
Transaction Code : MK02
Menu path:
Purchasing> Master Data> Vendor
> Purchasing> Change (current)
Vendor: Enter Vendor number
Purch. Organization: Enter

Purchasing organization
Flag Purchasing Data
Click on Enter

Check on the box

AutoEvalGRSetml Del.
Click on Save
(Note: Some time screen shows

warning, by pass it and click on
enter.)

Step: 27
Creating a Purchase Order
A purchase order is a formal request or instruction from a purchasing organization to a

vendor or a plant to supply or provide a certain quantity of goods or services at or by a
certain point in time
You can use purchase orders to cover your requirements using external sources (i.e. a
vendor supplies a material or performs a service).
You can also use a purchase order to procure a material that is needed in one of your
plants from an internal source, i.e. from another plant. Such transactions involve longer-
distance stock transfers. The activities following on from purchase orders (such as the
receipt of goods and invoices) are logged, enabling you to monitor the procurement
process.
You can use purchase orders for once-only procurement transactions. If, for example,
you wish to procure a material from a vendor only once, you create a purchase order. If
you are thinking of entering into a longer-term supply relationship with this vendor, it is
advisable to set up a so-called outline agreement, since this usually results in more
favorable conditions of purchase.
You have the following options in creating purchase order:
• Vendor known
You can use this procedure if you know which vendor is to receive the order.
• Vendor unknown
if you want the system to select and suggest possible vendors you can use this
procedure. These suggestions are then made on the basis of sources of supply
that have been predefined in the system. (Note: the term "source" covers outline
purchase agreements, info records, and source lists).
• Creation of POs from assigned requisitions
Use this procedure to list the requisitions for your purchasing group that have
already been assigned to a vendor (that is, those requisitions containing a
vendor, outline agreement, or info record as a procurement option). Pos can be
generated from these requisitions automatically. Like Optimize Purchasing
• Stock transfer
Choose this procedure if you wish to order not from a vendor but from one of
your plants.

• Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI)
You use this procedure if you wish to create a purchase order from an
acknowledgment sent to you by your vendor via EDI.
Creating a Purchase
Order
Transaction Code: ME21N
Menu path:
Purchasing> Purchase Order >
Create> Vendor Supplying Plant
known
Vendor: Enter Vendor Number
Click on Header detail

Screen will open:
Purchasing org.: Enter Purchasing
Organization
Purch. Group: Enter Purchase
Group
Material: Enter Material Number
Quantity: Enter PO quantity
Delv. Date: Enter delivery date
Net price: Enter Net price
Plant: Enter Plant ID
Click on item detail

Select folder INVOICE. You can

see ERS field is flag i.e. when you
receive the goods system will pay
exactly the quantity receipt.
Tax code: enter your tax code for

selection you can use possible
entry button.
Jurisdiction code: enter your

jurisdiction code, you can use
possible entry button for selection.
Click on Save
Step: 28
Displaying a Purchase
Order:
Transaction code: ME2L

You can display Purchase
Requisition:
By Vendor
By Material
Menu path:

Purchasing> Purchase Order >
List Displays> By Vendor

Purchasing document per vendor

will display:
Vendor: enter vendor range

Purchasing organization: enter
purchasing org. from: to
Click on execute icon
You can see all purchase order:
Select one purchase order and

click on Environment > Display
document at top menu bar

Next screen will display

Purchase order document with
detail
You can analyze the document.
Click on Back Arrow or F3 to

move back
Select the Plant name
Click on PO history

Next screen will show you History

For Purchase Order
Once you double click on line item

System will display Material
Document overview.
You can see all details of Material

document
Use Back Arrow or F3 to move

back from screen.
Step :29
Goods Receipts:
A goods receipt (GR) is a goods movement with which the receipt of goods from a
vendor or from production is posted. A goods receipt leads to an increase in warehouse
stock.
You use this component to post the receipt of goods from an external vendor or from
production. A goods receipt leads to an increase in warehouse stock.
The R/3 System distinguishes between the following types of goods receipts:
• Goods receipts for Purchase Order

• Goods receipts with reference to a reservation
• Other goods receipts
Goods receipts For Purchase Order:
If your company uses the MM Purchasing component, deliveries from vendors are most
likely the result of purchase orders initiated by the purchasing department.

The purchase order is not only the document with which the purchasing department
orders goods from the vendor; it is also an important planning and tracking tool for the
following departments: Purchasing, Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Inventory
Management, and Invoice Verification.
Reference to a Purchase Order
If a material is delivered for a purchase order, it is important for all of the departments
involved that the goods receipt entry in the system references this purchase order, for
the following reasons:
• Goods receiving can check whether the delivery actually corresponds to the
order.
• The system can propose data from the purchase order during entry of the goods
receipt (for example, the material ordered, its quantity, and so on). This simplifies
both data entry and checking (over deliveries and under deliveries).
• The delivery is marked in the purchase order history. This allows the Purchasing
department to monitor the purchase order history and initiate reminder
procedures in the event of a late delivery.
• The vendor invoice is checked against the ordered quantity and the delivered
quantity.
• The goods receipt is valuated on the basis of the purchase order price or the
invoice price
Goods Receipts
Transaction code: MIGO
We are creating Goods receipts

for purchase order.
Menu path:
Materials Management>
Purchasing> Purchase Order>
Follow on Functions> Goods
Receipts

Enter PO number that you’ve

Created.
Document date: enter

document date
Posting Date: enter posting
date
Click on Enter to move

next screen.
Make sure the box Item OK is

flag.
Enter storage location under

Storage location field
Then click icon Post / Save

"Material Document Posted"

When you post a goods receipt, the system automatically creates a material document,
which serves as proof of the goods movement
Note:
(If you receive a delivery for which no purchase order exists, you can still post the goods
receipt. In this case, the system generates an automatic purchase order at the vendor, if
this has been set for each movement type in Customizing.)
Step 30:
Run the Settlement

Program (Execute ERS)
Transaction code: MRRL
In the Logistics Invoice Verification

incoming invoices are verified in
terms of their content, prices, and
arithmetic. When the invoice is
posted, the invoice data is saved in
the system. The system updates
the data saved in the invoice
documents in Materials
Management and Financial
Accounting.
Menu path:
SAP main menu> Logistics >
Materials Management> Logistics
invoice Verification> Automatische
Abrechnung> MRRL- Execute
ERS

Enter vendor number
Enter Purchase order for this test
Check the box test run for test

purpose.
Click icon Execute or F8.
In this screen, you can click on

PO number, system displays PO.
Click arrow back or F3.
This time, check off the test run.

Click on Save
(Some time screen shows

warning, by pass it and click on
enter.)
Step: 31
Vendor Evaluation:
The Vendor Evaluation component helps you select sources of supply and facilitate the
continual monitoring of existing supply relationships. It provides you with accurate
information on prices, and terms of payment and delivery. By evaluating vendors, you
can improve your enterprise's competitiveness.
On the basis of detailed information, and in collaboration with the relevant vendors, you
can quickly identify and resolve any procurement problems that may crop up from time
to time.The Vendor Evaluation component supports you in optimizing your procurement
processes in the case of both materials and services.
You can check the reliability of the vendors from whom you procure services on a plant-
by-plant basis. You can determine whether the vendors perform the services within the
specified timeframes and appraise the quality of the work carried out.
Scores and Criteria
The standard SAP System offers you a scoring range from 1 to 100 points, which is
used to measure the performance of your vendors on the basis of five main criteria.
The main criteria available in the standard system are:

• Price
• Quality
• Delivery
• General service/support
These four main criteria serve as a basis for evaluating vendors from whom you
procure materials.
• External service provision
This main criterion serves as a basis for evaluating those vendors you employ as
external service providers.
You can also define other or further main criteria, as required. You can assign different
weights to the individual criteria. The vendor’s overall score is computed taking into
account the weighted scores awarded for each of the main criteria.
The Vendor Evaluation System ensures that evaluation of vendors is objective, since all
vendors are assessed according to uniform criteria and the scores are computed
automatically. In this way, subjective impressions and judgments can be largely
eliminated.
To create a detailed evaluation, each main criterion can be divided into several sub
criteria.
The standard system provides you with certain sub criteria, which suffice as a basis for
evaluation. You can also define your own additional sub criteria.
The scores for the sub criteria are calculated in different ways.
Vendor evaluation
Step 1: Configuration
Transaction code: OMGL
Before you can work with the

Vendor Evaluation component,
the system settings must be
maintained.
Menu Path:
IMG> Materials Management >
Purchasing>Vendor Evaluation
>Define Purchasing Organization
Data for Vendor Evaluation
Note: you can create new

entries or You can copy all data
from Purchasing Org 001 to your
new one.

If you are coping from existing

one you click on copy button and
enter purchasing organization
name and click on enter.
If you are creating new one click
on New entries
Purchasing org.: enter your

Purchasing organization ID.
Enter the fields shown under the

screen.
Click on save
Select Main criteria under

dialog structure
Cr: enter the number for criteria
Criterion: enter criteria
Price:
Quality:
Delivery:
Services:

Double-Click on weighting
Wtg key: enter the key for

weighting.
Short text: Enter the short text
Cr: enter criterion no.
Criterion: enter main criterion.
Weighting: enter weighting point
Select weighting field and click on

Point score for the automatic
criteria under dialog structure.

Enter the points score for

automatic criteria
S: click on possible entry button
and select criteria field
Percentage: enter the criteria %
Sco: enter point score.
After completion all of score

point Click on Save
Vendor Evaluation Step: 2
Vendor Evaluation
Step: 2
Transaction code: ME61
Menu Path:
SAP main menu>Logistics>
Purchasing> Master Data>
Vendor Evaluation> Maintain

Maintain vendor Evaluation

Vendor: enter vendor

identification number.
Click on Enter
Next screen, Overview of main

criteria will be display:
Enter 01 in weighted field
Click on Enter.
Check delivery
Click on main criterion

Sub criteria for main criterion

screen will display.
Now you can click on button

Auto.new eval/Mcrit, system
display the new evaluation
Sap will display an information at

bottom of the screen "Automatic
sub criteria recomputed for main
criterion 01"
You can repeat this process for

several vendor by creating PO,
receive PO late, earlier than
delivery date in the PO and then
go back to do vendor evaluation.
The result will be different.

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SAP Purchasing Management

mySAP Logistic 4.6d

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SAP R/3 Purchasing Management

Purchasing is a component of Materials Management (MM). The Materials Management

The tasks of the Purchasing component are as follows:

• External procurement of materials and services

• Determination of possible sources of supply for a requirement identified by the

• Monitoring of deliveries from and payments to vendors

Good communication between all participants in the procurement process is necessary

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• Financial Accounting (FI):

Through PO account assignment, Purchasing can also specify which G/L

• Sales and Distribution (SD):

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Organizational Structure - Levels

Company Code A Company Code B

Controlling Area A Controlling Area B

Plant A1 Plant A 2 Plant B

Storage Location Storage Location Storage Location

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The purchasing organization is integrated within the organizational structure as follows:

• The purchasing organization is the highest level of aggregation (after the

• Each purchasing organization has its own vendor master data.

• Each purchasing organization evaluates its own vendors using MM Vendor

Purchasing Master data:

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MM Purchasing processes the following types of master data:

• Material master data

• Vendor master data

• Purchasing Info Record

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8: Payment Processing: Financial Accounting normally deals with vendor’s

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Step 1: Define a Company

Step 2: Define Company code

Step 3: Assign Company code to Company

Step 4: Define a Plant

Step 5: Maintain Purchasing Organization

Step 6: Maintain Storage Location

Step 7: Assign Plant to Company code

Step 8: Assign Purchasing organization to Plant

Step 9: Assign Purchasing organization to Company code

Step 10: Material Master

Step11: Create Vendor Accounts Group

Step12: Create Number Ranges for Vendor Accounts

Step 13: Assign Number Ranges to Vendors Accounts Group

Step 14: Cerate Vendor Masters

Step 15: Source of Supply: Purchasing Info Records

Step 16: Changing an Info Record

Step 17: Net Price Simulation

Step 18: Out line Agreements: Contracts:

Step 19: Schedule Agreement

Step 20: Outline Agreement: Display, Change, Cancel and Block

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Step 22: Creating Purchase Requisition

Step 23: Assign and Process of Purchase Requisition

Step 24: Creating Purchase Requisition W/O Master Record

Step 25: Change in Purchase Requisition

Step 26: Simplified Procurement process (ERS)