| # Overview of purchase order commingling If you want to reduce the number of purchase orders and obtain the best available prices and discounts, you can commingle purchase orders. Commingling enables you to group various purchase orders that originate from different sources, into a single purchase order. You can commingle purchase orders that have the following origins: Enterprise Planning Shop Floor Control Project Warehousing Sales Service Request for quotations (RFQs) Purchase requisitions Manual purchase orders If you create a purchase order in one of the preceding origins, ERP Enterprise can commingle various purchase orders from different origins in Procurement. Commingling conditions Before you can commingle purchase orders, the following must be applicable: In the Purchase Order Parameters (tdpur0100m400) session, the Commingling For check box is selected for the purchase order's origin. In the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session, the For Commingling check box is selected for the item and business partner entered on the order line. Purchase orders for commingling If the commingling conditions are met, for the purchase orders that are waiting for commingling, the For Commingling check box is selected in the following sessions: Purchase Orders (tdpur4100m000) Purchase Order - Lines (tdpur4100m900) Purchase Order Lines (tdpur4101m000) Purchase Order Line Details (tdpur4101m200) To view the purchase orders that are waiting for commingling, filter on the For Commingling check box in these sessions. You must commingle the purchase orders in the Commingle Purchase Orders (tdpur4210m000) session and approve the commingled purchase orders. For more information, refer to: Commingling purchase orders Purchase order approval Note If the commingling conditions are not met, ERP Enterprise generates normal purchase orders. You cannot approve purchase orders that are waiting for commingling before they are actually commingled. Related topics Commingling purchase orders |