Direct Procurement

Use

If you assign components that are procured directly to a network activity, the system generates a purchase requisition for the material. A purchase requisition is an internal document that defines the requirements of a material or a service. This document authorizes the purchasing department to procure the material in the quantity specified for the specified date.

You determine whether a purchase requisition is created for each material or whether one collective requisition for all externally procured materials and services is created per network in Customizing for the Project System, by choosing Start of the navigation path Project System Next navigation step Structures Operative Structures Network Settings for Networks Specify Parameters for Network Type End of the navigation path .

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Direct procurement is initiated in the following cases:

In general for components with item category N
For components with item category L that have either globally in the material master or individually in the BOM item Direct procurement set in the Special procurement field.

You can also change the procurement type for a BOM item using the special procurement key but without changing the item category, which you can only do by deleting the item and creating a new item with a different item category.

Externally procured materials can be delivered directly to a customer site or other location when you place a third-party order . You specify the address in the network and can use the same address for several components, or retrieve an address from one of the address databases in the SAP system.