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purchasing organization (MM-PUR)

Purchasing (MM-PUR)

An organizational unit in Logistics, subdividing an enterprise according to the requirements of Purchasing.

A purchasing organization procures materials and services, negotiates conditions of purchase with vendors, and is responsible for such transactions.

You specify the form of procurement by assigning purchasing organizations to company codes and plants.

Possible forms are:

Mixed forms are possible. These are replicated in the system using reference purchasing organizations.

A purchasing organization can access and use the most favorable conditions and centrally agreed contracts of the reference purchasing organization assigned to it.

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