Creating a Purchase Order (from the Purchase Requisition) 

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
    2.

    Menu Path

    From the Purchase Requisition node, choose Follow-on Functions ® Create Purchase Order ® Via Assignment List.

    Transaction Code

    ME58, ME21N

  2. Enter the following data:
    3.

    Field

    Europe

    North America

    Purchasing group

    001

    003

    Purchasing organization

    1000

    3000

    Vendor

    Your vendor number

    Your vendor number

    Plant

    1000

    3000

  3. Choose .
  4. On the Ordering for Assigned Purchase Requisitions: Overview of Assignments screen, position your cursor on the second line for your vendor, then choose Process assignment.
  5. If the Process Assignment: Create PO dialog box appears, enter NB in the Order type field.
  6. Choose .

    7. Skip any warning messages by choosing .

    If the Create Purchase Order: Extension Option dialog box appears, choose New Purchase Order.

  7. On the Create Purchase Order: Selection List: Purchase Requisitions screen, select your requisition, then choose Adopt + details.

    8. Skip any warning messages by choosing .

    The system has inserted the key 0004 (taken from the info record) into the ConfContrK field of the purchase order.

  8. Position your cursor on the ConfContrK field, then choose the F4 input help.

    9. In the Confirmation control key dialog box, you see that key 0004 stands for shipping notifications as a possible confirmation type.

  9. Choose .
  10. Choose .

    11. The system confirms the posting and assigns a purchase order number. Make a note of this number.

    To skip any warning messages, choose .

  11. Choose until the overview tree appears.