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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/Sourcing" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Sourcing</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1637307">
         <Level1>Sourcing</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1637310">
         <Level1>Priority</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1637313">
         <Level1>Sourcing percentage</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection ID="aim_procurement_sourcing">
      <Paragraph>Sourcing is the way in which you assign orders to business
		partners who deliver the same items. These supplementary ways of sourcing are
		available: you can give suppliers a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000097" role="glossary">priority</Link> and a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000096" role="glossary">sourcing percentage</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>If you want to assign an order for an item for which you have
		  several business partners, the following applies:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>ERP Enterprise searches for the business partner with the highest priority. This business
		  partner receives the order.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>In case there are business partners with the same priority, ERP Enterprise looks at the sourcing
		  percentages. The order is then assigned according to these percentages.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <Paragraph>In both cases, ERP Enterprise takes into account the
		order quantity restrictions of the business partners.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>You can define the
		  priority, sourcing percentage, and order quantity restrictions in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0110m000" role="session">Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000)</GUIRef> session. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/Priorities" role="manual">To use priorities</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/SourPerc" role="manual">To use sourcing percentages</Link>.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/Priorities" role="manual">To use priorities</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/SourPerc" role="manual">To use sourcing percentages</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000003" role="manual">Purchase item data</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>