External Processing Operations 

Definition

Operations that are performed by a third party are called external processing operations.

You send out a machine construction order to a company. The construction of the machine is therefore an external processing operation. The system automatically creates a purchase requisition from the operation data entered. This purchase requisition contains the quantity and dates. The purchasing department creates a purchase order based on this purchase requisition.

Structure

The detailed data you can enter in external processing operations can be divided into two basic groups:

External processing data contains information from the supplier on net price and planned delivery time. The procurement option data contains vendor account and purchasing information, such as the purchasing info record, purchasing group and organization.