Automatic Purchase order by Purchase Requisition

Automatic purchase order creation is one of the most important functionalities in SAP Material
Management. Which saves the time for PO creation
There is no configuration needed to do for this process. It will be maintained by all Master data.
Prerequisites:

• In Material Master, Material should have enable the Automatic PO checkbox in purchasing
view.
• In Vendor Master, Supplier should have enable the Automatic PO checkbox in Purchasing
Data.
• Maintain Purchasing Info Record for the required Combination of Material and Supplier.
• Maintain Source list
S1 : Create/ Change Material – MM01/MM02
In Purchasing View, Enable the Automatic PO Check Box.

S2: Vendor Creation – BP

In Purchasing Data , Enable the Automatic PO Checkbox

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S3: Maintain Purchase Info Record – ME11
Maintain the PIR for Combination of Material and Supplier, Which helps for the Price detection in
Auto PO generate.

Enter the Required data like Supplier, Material, Pur.Org and Plant.

Enter the Required Fields and Click on Save.

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S4: Maintain Source List – ME01
If Maintain Source list, In PR screen no need to enter the Vendor, its retrieved from enabling the
Source determination on Topmost header level.

Enter the Required fields and Click on Save.

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S5: Creation Purchase requisition – ME51N

1. Enable the Source Determination Check box.

2. Enter the Required Data Such as Material, Number of Quantities, Plant, Pur.group.
3. Check and Click on SAVE.
Then, PR will be Generated/Created.
S6: Automatic Creation of PO – ME59N

Enter the required data for auto PO Creation and Click on Execute.

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There will be appear Purchasing Document Number and Check it there status of the PO.
Here its automatic PO created with ref. Purchase Requisition.

PO Display – ME23N

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