| # Function: Purchase order entry In this function, you can enter purchase orders and issue the orders to the supplier. To enter a purchase order, you must assign the following: Quantities Supplier/item data Prices Discounts. Process: Enter purchase order (code: MPU01a) The objective of this process is to enter purchase orders and process these orders until the orders are ready to be received. Purchase order entry includes assigning quantities, entering supplier and item data, and entering prices and discounts. A number of predefined order types can be used to support specific order procedures. This process can also be carried out to convert requisition lines into purchase orders and copy quotation lines to purchase orders. For purchase-to-order situations, you must start a detailed process. You must first review and check the purchase orders. Next, check the distribution capacity on available space and on resources to handle the goods during the receipt and inspection procedure. In a supply chain situation, you can now check the available to promise of the supplier. If the available to promise of the supplier is negative, follow the procedure for looking for a new, alternative supplier. Validation of the purchase order can be required. You can specify whether or not approvals are used and, if so, above which order amount a manual approval step is required. After you make the specification, you can print and send the order by mail, fax, EDI, or e-mail. Finally, you can release the purchase order to the warehouse. Assumptions: No assumptions apply in this case. IT support: LN Order Management, Purchase Control, Purchase Order Control |