Creating a Purchase Order 

Use

The delivery date for each item in a purchase order determines the condition (provision) that is copied from the conditions for the period into the arrangement. When a purchase order is created, the system performs an update of the statistical data.

Procedure

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
    2.

    Menu Path

    From the Materials Management node, choose Purchasing ® Purchase Order ® Create ® Vendor/Supplying Plant Known

    Transaction Code

    ME21N

  2. Enter the following data:
    3.

    Field

    Data

    Standard PO

    Vendor

    1002

  3. Choose .
  4. To open the item header area, choose Header.
  5. On the Org.data tab page, enter the following data:
    6.

    Field

    Data

    Purchasing org.

    1000

    Purchasing group

    006

    Company code

    1000

  6. To open the item overview area, choose Item overview.
  7. Enter the following data:
    8.

    Field

    Data

    Material number

    M-10

    PO quantity

    25

    Delivery date

    Two weeks from today

    Plant

    1200

  8. Choose .

    9. If a net price is requested, enter any price. If you do not enter a price, the system uses the purchase order price from the info record, or if no price exists there, then from the last purchase order.

  9. To open the item detail area, choose Item detail.
  10. Choose the Invoice tab page, and enter VN in the Tax code field.
  11. Choose .
  12. Choose the Conditions tab page and check whether the condition type A001 is displayed.
  13. Select the item A001 Rebates
  14. Choose , and check whether the Retroactive field is selected in the screen area Rebates.
  15. Choose .
  16. Choose .

    17. The system confirms the posting and assigns a purchase order number. Note this number.

  17. Choose until the overview tree appears.