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   <Header>
      <Title>Default purchase office</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1339289">
         <Level1>purchase office</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>During the entry of
		purchase documents, LN displays a default <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#PurchaOffice_tc" role="glossary">purchase office</Link>. Dependent
		on the type of document, LN 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>LN uses
		  the following logic to retrieve the purchase office:</Paragraph>
         <ProcedureList>
            <ListItem>From the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0143m000" role="session">Purchase 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/tc/emm/tcemm0130m000#tcemm030.dfpo" role="manual">Default Purchase Office</GUIRef> check box in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/emm/tcemm0130m000" role="session">Enterprise Units (tcemm0130m000)</Link> session, from the enterprise unit of the warehouse.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>From the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4120s000" role="session">Buy-from Business Partner (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>LN uses
		  the following logic to retrieve the purchase office:</Paragraph>
         <ProcedureList>
            <ListItem>If the value of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4100m000#tdpur400.corg" role="manual">Origin</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4100m000" role="session">Purchase Orders (tdpur4100m000)</GUIRef> session is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pur.corg#requisition" role="option">Requisition</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pur.corg#inquiries" role="option">RFQ</GUIRef>,
			 or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pur.corg#contracts" role="option">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/tc/emm/tcemm0130m000#tcemm030.dfpo" role="manual">Default Purchase Office</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/emm/tcemm0130m000" role="session">Enterprise Units (tcemm0130m000)</GUIRef> session, from the enterprise unit of the warehouse. If
			 purchase orders are generated for direct delivery sales orders, the default
			 purchase office is retrieved from the enterprise unit that is linked to the
			 sales order's sales office.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>From the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0110m000" role="session">Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>From the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4120s000" role="session">Buy-from Business Partner (tccom4120s000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>From the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0101m000" role="session">Items - Purchase (tdipu0101m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>From the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0143m000" role="session">Purchase User Profiles (tdpur0143m000)</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 in Sales and Procurement</Link>.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Purchase requisition</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph> LN retrieves the default
		  purchase office from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0143m000" role="session">Purchase User Profiles (tdpur0143m000)</GUIRef> session. However, you can change this purchase office
		  manually. You can also leave the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur2501m000#tdpur200.cofc" role="manual">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, LN follows the logic for
		  automatically generated purchase orders to retrieve the purchase office.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Request for quotation (RFQ)</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>LN uses
		  the following logic to retrieve the purchase office:</Paragraph>
         <ProcedureList>
            <ListItem>From the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0143m000" role="session">Purchase 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/td/onlinemanual/000417" role="manual">Direct delivery sales orders</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000007" role="manual">Overview of purchase order handling</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>