Creating a Subcontract Order 

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
  2. Menu Path

    Logistics ® Materials Management ® Purchasing ® Purchase Order ® Create ® Vendor/Supplying Plant Known

    Transaction Code

    ME21N

  3. Enter the following data:
  4. Field

    Europe

    North America

    Standard PO

    Standard PO

    Vendor

    1000

    3000

    Document date

    Today’s date

    Today’s date

  5. Choose .
  6. To open the item header area, choose Header.
  7. On the Org. data tab page in the header data area, use the F4 input help to enter the following data:
  8. Field

    Europe

    North America

    Purchasing org.

    IDES Germany

    IDES USA

    Purchasing group

    Harnisch, H.

    Diller, M.

    Company code

    IDES AG

    IDES US INC.

  9. To open the item overview area, choose Item overview.
  10. Enter the following data:
  11. Field

    Europe

    North America

    I (Item category)

    L

    L

    Material

    101-100

    101-100

    PO quantity

    100

    100

    Delivery date

    Today’s date + 1 month

    Today’s date + 1 month

    Plant

    1000

    3000

    Storage location

    0001

    0001

  12. Choose .
  13. To open the item detail area, choose Item detail.
  14. On the Delivery schedule tab page, select your item.
  15. Choose .
  16. The system displays a list of material components (defined by bill of materials) and the quantities required to fulfill the order.

    If no material components are listed, choose . Check your entries to see if they are correct, then choose . Repeat step 11.

    You can check if there is enough material provided available. To do this, choose . Then choose AvailCheck. You see the open quantity and the confirmed quantity. If available stocks have been used up, you will have to replenish them. To do this, use the process Purchase Order Entry and Subsequent Functions. To return to the Process Component XXX-XXX; Storage Location Item screen, choose Continue. To check the stocks for the other materials, choose and check the availability ( AvailCheck).

  17. Choose .
  18. Choose .
  19. The system confirms the posting and assigns a purchase order number. Make a note of this number.

  20. Choose until the overview tree appears.