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Define Objects
to be Generated
In this step, you specify whether requisitions,
purchase orders and/or reservations are to be created upon saving (in
dependence on the purchasing group and material group). You can combine a
purchasing group with a material group or specify a purchasing group or
material group only.
Example
If purchasing group (buyer group) 01 wishes to
procure materials belonging to the material group RAW MATERIALS, a reservation
is always to be created.
If materials from the group PC are to be
procured, a purchase requisition is always to be created.
If purchasing group 02 wishes to procure
materials, a purchase order is always to be created.
Activities
1. Enter the
purchasing group and/or the material group.
2. On the
detail screen, specify the procurement type.
- Reservation if stock available,
otherwise external procurement
If you set this indicator, a reservation is only generated if the requested
material is subject to inventory management and a sufficient quantity of stock
is available in the warehouse/stores on the date requested.
- Always
reservation
If you set this indicator, a reservation is always generated if the material
is subject to inventory management, irrespective of the quantity of stock
available.
- Always external
procurement
If you set this indicator, no reservations are generated. External procurement
is always initiated instead. In this case, specify the form of external
procurement.
The following two
indicators are of significance if a reservation either cannot be generated
(e.g. no stock available or non-stock item) or may not be generated (indicator
Always external procurement).
- Purchase order if item data
complete, otherwise requisition
If you set this indicator, the system always attempts to create a purchase
order. If the item data is incomplete (e.g. vendor or price unknown), a
purchase requisition is generated from the item.
- Always purchase
requisition
If you set this indicator, a requisition is always generated.
Further
Notes
When you save the data in the Internet
Application Component Procurement via Catalogs , the
system performs the following steps:
1. It invokes
the method GetInfo for the object ProcurementOperation (Function module
BAPI_PROCOPERATION_GETINFO). The method determines which object is to be
generated for each item on the basis of your Customizing settings.
Within this method, the enhancement LMEWPU06 of function exit
EXIT_SAPLMEWP_001 is available. With it, you can change the object determined
by the system.
Example:
In Customizing you have specified that reservations are always to be
generated. However, you wish to have requisitions generated in the case of
material type ABCD.
2. After the
method GetInfo has been invoked, it creates the objects thus
determined.