| How to use purchase schedules |  |
| Purchase-schedule functionality is used in a push environment for items. For generated items, purchase schedules are used for equipment and subcontracting. The flow is as follows: 1 Enter Project Requirements Planning purchase orders in the Planned PRP Purchase Orders (Material) (tppss6510m000) session. 2 Confirm these purchase orders. 3 Transfer the orders. They will appear as schedule lines in Purchase Scheduling. You can manually enter extra schedule lines. To make these lines actual purchase orders, enter the following fields: 1 Enter a contract for an item. 2 Enter the scheduling information in the Ship-to Business Partner (tccom4111s000) session (that you can start from the Business Partner (tccom4100s000) session). 3 In the Standard Equipment (tppdm0112s000) session, select the Purchase Schedules In Use check box. This same check box is also in the Item - General (tcibd0101s000) session, the Project check box, however, is project specific. With this check box you determine the use of purchase schedules in Project. 4 In the Planned PRP Purchase Order (Material) (tppss6110s000) session, find the Ship-to Address field. The address code is used in the integration with purchase schedules. If the item does not use a schedule (detemined in General Item Data), this field is disabled. Use a warehouse or not? You can buy goods for a project site without specifying a warehouse, which means you can deliver items directly to the project site, while the receipt is handled in purchasing. You can also buy goods through a project warehouse, whereupon the receipt is handled in Warehouse Management. If goods are delivered to the project warehouse, the address code gets the address code of the project warehouse by default. If the goods are directly delivered to the site, the Ship-to Address field automatically gets the value entered in the Ship-to Address field of the project. Exception For subcontracting and equipment, items are generated that do not have a warehouse, and thus the Ship-to Address field automatically gets the project address. Note Equipment items are items and materials used to produce and ship goods, or to develop a project. For example, office equipment consists of computers, photocopiers, and so on. A subcontracting item is a standard item that represents a unit of subcontract labor. |