Assigning and Processing Purchase Requisitions 

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
    2.

    Menu Path

    From the Purchasing node, choose Purchase Requisition ® Follow-on Functions ® Assign and Process.

    Transaction Code

    ME57, ME21N

  2. Enter the following data:
    3.

    Field

    Europe

    North America

    Purchasing group

    001

    001

    Material

    99-110

    99-110

    Scope of list

    A

    A

    Plant

    1100

    3100

    Fixed vendor

    No entry

    No entry

  3. Choose .

    4. A list of purchase requisitions is displayed, including the two new ones.

  4. Select these two requisitions.
  5. Choose Assign automatically.

    6. The system assigns a different vendor to each requisition in accordance with the specified quota arrangement. Note which vendor number has been assigned to which requisition.

  6. Select the first requisition, then choose Assignments.

    7. The system displays the vendor information.

  7. Find the vendor suggested by the system for this purchase requisition. Position the cursor on the second line for this vendor and choose Process assignment.

    8. The Process Assignment: Create PO dialog box appears, in which you can create the purchase order.

  8. Enter the following data:
    9.

    Field

    Europe

    North America

    Purchasing group

    001

    001

    Purchasing organization

    1000

    3000

  9. Choose .
  10. Select your purchase requisition in the Document overview screen area.
  11. Choose .
  12. To skip any warning messages, choose .
  13. Choose .

    14. The system confirms the transaction and assigns a PO number. Note this number.

  14. To return to the previous screen Assign and Process Purchase Requisitions, choose .

    15. The system displays the purchase order number for your first purchase requisition.

  15. Deselect your first requisition and select the second one.
  16. Choose Assignments.
  17. Find the vendor suggested by the system for your second purchase requisition. Position the cursor on the second line for this vendor and choose Process assignment.
  18. Enter the following data:
    19.

    Field

    Europe

    North America

    Purchasing group

    001

    001

    Purchasing organization

    1000

    3000

  19. Choose .

    20. If a purchase order has already been created on this day, the system provides you with the opportunity to extend it. You can either extend an already existing purchase order or create a new one. Choose New Purchase Order.

  20. Select your purchase requisition in the Document overview screen area.
  21. Choose .

    22. If you are asked to make an entry in the Order quantity field on the Create Purchase Order: Item #### screen, enter any quantity (e.g. 10) and choose .

  22. To skip any warning messages, choose .
  23. Choose .

    24. The system confirms the transaction and assigns a PO number. Note this number.

  24. Choose until the overview tree appears.

In the dialog box, choose Yes. The number of processed requisitions is updated.