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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Default purchase office</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>purchase office</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>During the entry of purchase documents, SSA ERP displays a default <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#PurchaOffice.tc" role="glossary">purchase office</Link>. Dependent on the type of document, SSA ERP takes specific steps to retrieve the correct purchase office.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Manually created purchase order and purchase orders generated by ERP Project</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>SSA ERP uses the following logic to retrieve the purchase office:</Paragraph>
			<ProcedureList><ListItem>From the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0143m000" role="session">User Profiles (tdpur0143m000)</Link> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>If you linked a default purchase office to an enterprise unit, which you can perform by selecting the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg0131s000#tgbrg030.dfpo" role="formfield">Default Purchase Office</GUIRef> check box in the <Link href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg0131s000" role="session">Enterprise Units (tgbrg0131s000)</Link> session, from the enterprise unit of the warehouse or the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000334" role="glossary">accounting department</Link>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>From the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4120s000" role="session">Buy-from Business Partners (tccom4120s000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>You must manually enter the purchase office.</ListItem>
			</ProcedureList>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>You can manually change the default purchase office.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Automatically generated purchase order</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>SSA ERP uses the following logic to retrieve the purchase office:</Paragraph>
			<ProcedureList><ListItem>If the value of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4100s000#tdpur400.corg" role="formfield">Purchase Order</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4100s000" role="session">Purchase Order (tdpur4100s000)</GUIRef> session is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pur.corg#requisition" role="enum">Requisition</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pur.corg#inquiries" role="enum">RFQ</GUIRef>, or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pur.corg#contracts" role="enum">Contracts</GUIRef>, the purchase office is retrieved from the purchase office supplied by the origin.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>If you linked a default purchase office to an enterprise unit, which you can perform by selecting the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg0131s000#tgbrg030.dfpo" role="formfield">Default Purchase Office</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg0131s000" role="session">Enterprise Units (tgbrg0131s000)</GUIRef> session, from the enterprise unit of the warehouse or the accounting department.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>From the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0110m000" role="session">Item - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>From the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4120s000" role="session">Buy-from Business Partners (tccom4120s000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			</ProcedureList>
		</GeneralSection>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>If the purchase order is a consignment payment order, the consignment payment order's purchase office is the same as the original consignment order's office. As a result, in case of consignment payment, the purchase office is retrieved from the original order, as in step one. For more information on consignment payment, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000045" role="manual">Consignment Replenish and Payment</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</Note>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Purchase requisition</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>SSA ERP retrieves the default purchase office from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0143m000" role="session">User Profiles (tdpur0143m000)</GUIRef> session. However, you can change this purchase office manually. You can also leave the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur2101s000#tdpur200.cofc" role="formfield">Purchase Office</GUIRef> field empty in the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur2501m000" role="session">Purchase Requisitions (tdpur2501m000)</Link> session. If you leave this field empty, SSA ERP follows the logic for automatically generated purchase orders to retrieve the purchase office.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Request for quotation (RFQ)</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>SSA ERP uses the following logic to retrieve the purchase office:</Paragraph>
			<ProcedureList><ListItem>From the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0143m000" role="session">User Profiles (tdpur0143m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>You must manually enter the purchase office.</ListItem>
			</ProcedureList>
		</GeneralSection>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>You can manually change the default purchase office.</Paragraph>
		</Note>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000399" role="manual">Multisite invoice between a purchase office and a sales office</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000318" role="manual">To use an accounting office</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000007" role="manual">Handling purchase orders</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000056" role="manual">Purchase requisitions</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000092" role="manual">Request for quotation procedure</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
