Creating a Purchase Requisition for Model Service Specifications 

Use

Configuration is fully integrated into the external service procurement process. This means that you can use configuration in all purchasing documents. This allows you to work with configurable model service specifications in RFQ/Quotation processing and when creating outline agreements.

The starting point for the procurement process is the purchase requisition. The purchase requisition is eventually converted into a purchase order. This is followed by service entry and invoice verification.

Procedure

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
    2.

    Menu Path

    Logistics ® Materials Management ® Purchasing ® Purchase Requisition ® Create

    Transaction Code

    ME51N

  2. Enter the following data:
    3.

    Field

    Data

    Purchase requis. Standard

  3. To open the item overview area, choose Item overview.
  4. Enter the following data:
    5.

    Field

    Europe

    North America

    A (Account assignment category)

    K

    K

    I (Item category)

    D

    D

    Short text

    Any

    Any

    Delivery date

    Today’s date + 1 month

    Today’s date + 1 month

    Material group

    007

    007

    Plant

    1000

    3000

    Storage location

    0001

    0001

    PGr (purchasing group)

    001

    010

  5. Choose .
  6. Choose Service selection.

    7. If the system questions whether you can keep the delivery date, choose .

  7. In the Service Selection dialog box, select Model serv. specs., then enter RV-1101 in the line.
  8. Choose .

    9. The Characteristic Value Assignment screen appears.

    Here you choose services using the value assignments of the characteristics listed in the previous activity. Note, that the characteristics Road surface in m2 and Volume of hole in m3 are not ready for input. The value assignments of these characteristics are determined from the attributes of the other characteristics.

  9. Position your cursor on the input field for the characteristic Location, then choose the F4 input help.
  10. Select PRODUKTION, then choose .
  11. Enter 1000 for the characteristic Pipe length in m.
  12. Position your cursor on the input field for the characteristic Pipe diameter in cm, then choose the F4 input help.
  13. Select 25cm, then choose .
  14. Enter the following data:
    15.

    Field

    Data

    Transport distance in km

    10

    Length of hole in m

    1000

    Width of hole in m

    3

    Depth of hole in m

    2

  15. Choose .

    16. The system fills the resulting characteristics with values according to the stored object dependencies:

    Field

    Data

    Description

    Pipe material

    Steel pipe

    Location is a production area

    Road surface in m2

    3000

    Length of hole: 1000 m, width of hole: 3 m

    Kind of barrier

    Sheet pile

    Hole is more than 2m wide

    Hole in m3

    6000

    Length of hole: 1000 m, width of hole: 3 m, depth of hole: 2m

    You are now able to vary the values of the characteristics ready for input, and can then observe the changes in the resulting characteristic values. To do this, change one or more characteristic values and confirm your entries. Afterwards, make sure that you reset all values to the original configuration.

    You can also display the object dependencies pulled by the system during configuration. Position your cursor on the resulting characteristic (for example, Volume of hole in m3), then choose . In the Information dialog box, the system lists all the involved relationships. For a more detailed description of the stored object dependencies, see the activity Object Dependencies in Model Service Specifications. To quit the dialog box, choose .

  16. Choose .
  17. To quit the Error dialog box, choose .
  18. In the Account Assignment for Service in Line XXX dialog box, enter 4220 in the Cost center field, and then choose Auto repeat AA.

    19. The account assignment for all the selected service lines is now automatically set to the cost center 4220.

    The system now displays the results of the configuration/characteristic valuation.

  19. Choose .

    20. If the system questions whether you can keep the delivery date, choose .

    The R/3 System confirms the transaction and displays the assigned purchase requisition number. Make a note of this number.

  20. Choose until the overview tree appears.