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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To commingle purchase orders</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>purchase order</Level1>
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		<Keyword><Level1>commingle</Level1>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>You can <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000320" role="glossary">commingle</Link> purchase orders that have the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pur.hdst#created" role="enum">Created</GUIRef> status.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>To commingle purchase orders, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4100m000#tdpur4210m000" role="formcommand">Commingle Purchase Orders</GUIRef> on the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4100m000" role="session">Purchase Orders (tdpur4100m000)</GUIRef> session. As a result, the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4210m000" role="session" Update="No">Commingle Purchase Orders (tdpur4210m000)</Link> session starts.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>The commingling process</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>After you enter a range of purchase orders and click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4210m000#exec.cont.process" role="formcommand">Commingle</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4210m000" role="session">Commingle Purchase Orders (tdpur4210m000)</GUIRef> session, SSA ERP arranges the orders by buy-from business partner. The <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#PurchaOrderH.td" role="glossary">purchase order header</Link> fields of each purchase order are then compared. If the header fields match, SSA ERP initially writes the corresponding lines into one new header. This process is repeated for the next header. If the header fields match, SSA ERP copies this header to the previously created header. If the fields do not match, SSA ERP creates a new header. This process is repeated for each successive header.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>If no delivery date is specified, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3111m000#tdpur311.ddta" role="formfield">Planned Receipt Date</GUIRef> field on the commingled order is not filled. The commingled order's order date is the date on which commingling takes place.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>After comparing the order headers, lines are sorted according to item details. Lines that differ only by their details fields are commingled into the same <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000207" role="glossary">position</Link>, but with a different <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#SequenNumber.tc" role="glossary">sequence number</Link>. Lines from the same origin and with the same item will have different sequences, because the linked line data is different for the various lines.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>Prices that you enter on the purchase order are overwritten during the commingling process. If a valid price/discount structure is linked to the order line, SSA ERP derives the price, for the sum of all the quantities of the different sequence numbers on the line, from the <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/tdpcg" role="manual">Pricing Control (PCG)</Link> module. If you have not defined a valid price/discount structure for the order line, SSA ERP derives the price from the <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/tdipu" role="manual">Item Purchase Data (IPU)</Link> module.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>If you commingle purchase order lines that are linked to a purchase contract, the lines that are linked to the same contract are commingled. SSA ERP derives the price for the commingled order line from the contract's active <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000332" role="glossary">purchase contract price revision</Link>. If you have not defined a valid contract price revision, SSA ERP derives the price from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu" role="module">Item Purchase Data</GUIRef> module.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>After both line and header level commingling is carried out, you must approve the commingled order in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4210m100" role="session">Approve Purchase Orders (tdpur4210m100)</GUIRef> session, or in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4100m000" role="session">Purchase Orders (tdpur4100m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>After a purchase order is commingled, SSA ERP deletes the original order and the concerned SSA ERP modules are updated with the new order number. As a result, the status in the linked order line data in those modules is changed to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pur.stat#approved" role="enum">Approved</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
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	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000322" role="manual">Purchase orders for commingling</Link>
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		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000067" role="manual">Purchase contracts</Link>
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