| # Purchase order procedure The purchase order procedure covers the complete administrative procedure for purchasing goods or services. The procedure consists of the following steps: Step 1. To create purchase orders Purchase orders can be created as follows in the Purchase Order - Lines (tdpur4100m900) session: Automatically, from a variety of sources, such as EP, Sales, Service, and so on. Copied from an existing order in the Copy Purchase Order (tdpur4201s000) session. Manually. Step 2. To approve purchase orders After purchase orders are created, purchase order approval is a mandatory step in the purchase order procedure. The execution of the order procedure activities can start when a user approves the order. For details on approving purchase orders, refer to Purchase order approval. Step 3. To print purchase orders After the order is registered and approved, you can print the purchase order and send it to the buy-from business partner as confirmation. The Print Purchase Orders (tdpur4401m000) session is only mandatory if you communicate the purchase order to the buy-from business partner by mail or by electronic data interchange (EDI). If you use the phone to communicate purchase orders, this step is optional. After the purchase order is printed, you can still modify the purchase order. Step 4. To release purchase orders to Warehouse Management After the buy-from business partner is informed about the purchase order and the purchase order is approved, you can release the purchase order to Warehouse Management in the Release Purchase Orders to Warehousing (tdpur4246m000). As a result, the warehousing department is informed about the goods to be expected. When purchase orders are released to the warehouse, several activities are triggered in the Inventory Handling module of Warehouse Management, starting with warehouse order creation in the Warehousing Orders (whinh2100m000) session. The activities in the Inventory Handling module depend on the warehouse order type that is linked to the purchase order type. You must first link activities to a warehousing procedure in the Activities by Procedure (whinh0106m000) session. You can link a warehousing procedure to a warehousing order type in the Warehousing Order Type (whinh0110m000) session, after which you can link the warehousing order type to a purchase order type in the Purchase Order Types (tdpur0194m000) session. It is not mandatory to release purchase orders for cost items and service items to Warehouse Management. This depends on the setting of the Release to Warehouse check box in the Items - Purchase (tdipu0101m000) session. Direct deliveries are never released to warehousing. Step 5. To receive the purchased goods You can record the receipts of purchased goods: In Warehouse Management if the purchase order is released to Warehouse Management. The receipt procedure is covered by the inbound procedure and the inspection procedure in the Inventory Handling (INH) module. For details, refer to Receipt and inspection procedures. When receipts are recorded in Warehouse Management, the receipt data is reported back to Purchase Control. You can view this data in the following sessions: Purchase Orders - Receipt Overview (tdpur4531m000) Purchase Receipts (tdpur4106m000) In the Purchase Control module for non-inventory items that are not released to Warehouse Management. You can record the deliveries in the Purchase Receipts (tdpur4106m000) session. After a receipt is confirmed in the Purchase Receipts (tdpur4106m000) session, you can no longer change the receipt data in this session. However, you can still change specific receipt data in the Correct Purchase Receipt (tdpur4106s100) session. When the goods are received, the prices and discounts of the goods may be changed. Use the Change Price and Discounts after Receipt (tdpur4122m000) session to maintain prices and discounts. Step 6. To pay for the purchased goods To manage the payment of the purchased goods, you must use the Accounts Payable (ACP) module in Financials. You can only carry out this process if the Financials package is implemented. For details, refer to To process purchase invoices. In the purchase order procedure, the business partner does not need to send an invoice. Instead, you can use self billing to automatically generate invoices for the purchased goods. Self billing is typically used if you have: A contract with the business partner for the price of the goods you are buying. An agreement with the business partner that you will pay for the goods without receiving an invoice for them. Self billing is controlled by the following fields in the Purchase Orders (tdpur4100m000)/ Purchase Order Lines (tdpur4101m000) session: Self-Billing If you select this check box, an invoice can be generated for each order line receipt. In the financial company to which the purchase office is linked, you can select the order lines and generate the invoices in the Generate Self-Billing Purchase Invoices (tfacp2290m000) session. Invoice after This field can be set to one of the following: Inspection Self-billed invoices can only be created for the total approved received quantity, after all inspections have been finished for a particular receipt. Receipt A self-billed invoice can be immediately created for the total received quantity. If, after inspection, some quantity is rejected, in the Generate Self-Billing Purchase Invoices (tfacp2290m000) session, an invoice is created for the rejected quantity. This invoice contains a negative quantity. For more information, refer to Self billing. Step 7. To process purchase orders At the end of the purchase order procedure, all purchase orders must be processed in the Process Delivered Purchase Orders (tdpur4223m000) session. The processed purchase orders are transferred from the regular database to the history database. For more information on purchase order history, refer to Purchase order/schedule history. Related topics Purchase order approval Receipt and inspection procedures To process purchase invoices Self billing To process purchase orders/schedules Purchase order/schedule history Overview of purchase order handling |