Creating a Purchase Order

Use
A purchase requisition was created from the sales order. In purchasing, a purchase order is created based on this requisition. In this first process step, you act as an employee in purchasing group 220 for the French IDES company.

Procedure
1. Call up the transaction as follows: Menu Path Logistics Materials Management Purchasing Purchase Requisition Follow-On Functions Create Purchase Order Via Assignment List ME58

Transaction Code 2. Enter the following data: Field Purchasing group Purchasing organization Vendor Plant Scope of list Delivery date

Data 220 2200 1010 2200 A Todays date +2 working days

3. Choose . 4. Place the cursor on the second line for the selected vendor, and choose Process assignment. 5. Enter the following data: Field Order type 6. Choose . Data NB

If any other purchase orders are available for the current date, the system displays the Create Purchase Order: Increase PO dialog box, which you can use to expand the available purchase orders. In this case, choose New purchase order. 7. On the left side of the screen, under Open requisitions, select the purchase requisition number. 8. Choose .

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To open the header data area zu ffnen, whlen Sie Header. 10. To display the address of the vendor, choose the Address tab page. 11. To open the Item details area, choose Item details. 12. Choose the Delivery tab page.

The goods receipt indicator is activated as a default value. This means that goods receipt has to be posted for a third-party item. Posting goods receipt is demonstrated in another process step. In system settings, you can use the account assignment category to control whether goods receipt is defined for a third-party item. 13. Choose .

Make a note of the purchase order number 14. Choose until the overview tree appears. 15. Call up the transaction as follows: Menu Path Logistics Materials Management Purchasing Purchase Order Messages Print/Transmit ME9F

Transaction Code 16. Enter the following data: Field Document number

Data Your PO number

17. Choose . 18. Select the purchase order and choose Display message.

Note the text about delivery notification that has been taken from the sales order item. 19. Choose . 20. Select your purchase order, then choose Output message.

The system indicates that the message has been issued (green tick). In this example, the message has been configured so that it is entered in a spool request first and is not output immediately. 21. Choose until the overview tree appears.