Most of the SAP customers who have implemented asset acquisition use this integrated process. The process includes creating an asset master record. You assign the order or purchase requisition to an account on the purchase order. When you post goods or invoice receipts, the system automatically activates the asset.

From an organizational standpoint, it might be problematic to create the asset master record before the purchase order. However, it is possible to create a purchase requisition that is not assigned to an account, and then to enter the asset in the purchase order, which you create from the purchase requisition.