Purchasing areas are assigned to purchasing organizations. This single level assignment is necessary for defining who is responsible for dealing with which vendors and the maintenance of their master data.
A purchasing group within a purchasing organization can only be assigned a maximum of one purchasing area.
Your R/3 System is configured as an
The following assignment is available in the
standard system:
Purch.org. Pur. group Purchasing area
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0001 001 0001
0001 002 0002
Assign a purchasing group a purchasing area for which the group is responsible within the purchasing organization.