Entering the Purchase Order  

In this transaction, you will enter a purchase order for cylinder heads from a vendor in Materials Management. Although no financial accounting documents are updated as a result, the purchasing order is important because it is used as a reference for other documents in Materials Management, Financial Accounting, and Controlling.

  1. Select in the SAP R/3 System screen Logistics ® Materials management ® Purchasing.
  2. On the Purchasing screen, select Purchase order ® Create ® Vendor known.
  3. On the Create Purchase order: Initial Screen , enter the following data:

    4. Field

    Data

    Vendor

    1006

    Order type

    NB

    Purch. organization

    1000

    Purchasing group

    001

    Delivery date

    Today’s date + 30 days

    Plant

    1000

    Storage location

    0001

  4. Select Enter.

    5. The system displays the item overview. Each item includes 2 lines for data input.

  5. On the Create Purchase order: Item Overview screen, enter the following data for item 10:

    6. Field

    Data

    Material

    v10

    PO quantity

    1000

    Net price

    100

  6. Select Save.
  7. The purchase order number is displayed. Write down this number.
  8. Return to the main SAP R/3 System screen.