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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/procurement" xml:lang="en" TopicType="Overview">
   <Header>
      <Title>Procurement</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1308999">
         <Level1>Procurement</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>Use <GUIRef href="/baanerp/procurement" role="package">Procurement</GUIRef> to
		manage purchase activities and maintain the data that is the result of these
		activities.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The procurement functionality includes several functional
		procedures that (partly) control the purchase of goods. The main purchase
		procedure is the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#PurchaOrders_td" role="glossary"
               Update="No">purchase order</Link> procedure. In
		most cases, the purchase order procedure does not act as a stand-alone
		procedure, but is preceded by and followed by other procedures.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The following procedures (can) precede the purchase order
		  procedure:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000153" role="glossary" Update="No">Purchase requisition</Link> procedure</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#RequesForQuo_td" role="glossary"
                  Update="No">Request for quotation (RFQ)</Link> procedure</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#PurchContra_td" role="glossary" Update="No">Purchase contract</Link> procedure</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>The <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000000000000011" role="glossary"
               Update="No">purchase schedule</Link> procedure
		runs parallel to the purchase order procedure.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#VendorRating_td" role="glossary"
               Update="No">vendor rating</Link> procedure
		follows the purchase order procedure.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/procurement" role="package">Procurement</GUIRef> includes the following main data:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Purchase master data</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Purchase requisitions</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Purchase request for quotations</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Purchase orders</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Purchase contracts</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Purchase schedules</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Purchase vendor rating</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Statistics</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Procurement parameters</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000003" role="manual">Purchase item data</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000046" role="manual">Purchase organizational data</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000047" role="manual">General purchase data</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000056" role="manual">Purchase requisitions</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000093" role="manual">Overview of RFQ handling</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000007" role="manual">Overview of purchase order handling</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000067" role="manual">Purchase contracts</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000010" role="manual">Overview of purchase schedule handling</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000079" role="manual">Overview of vendor rating</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000419" role="manual">Statistics</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>