Creating a Purchase Order for the Import 

  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

    You now have the option of setting default entries for the PO document. To do this, choose Default Settings for Order Document Fields.

     

    If you do modify your personal settings, this could mean that the entries you see on your screens might differ from those described in the IDES processes. To avoid this situation, when you have completed this process we strongly advise you to reset any changes you make to your personal settings.

  2. Enter the following data:

    3. Field

    Data

    Standard PO

    Vendor

    1008

    Document date

    Today’s date

  3. Choose .
  4. To expand 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

    001

    Company Code

    1000

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

    Field

    Data

    Material

    1300-310

    PO quantity

    10

  8. Choose .
  9. Choose the Import tab page from the header area.

    10. The import header data is displayed. The value of the Mode of Transport - Border field is transferred from the vendor master.

  10. On the Handling tab page, enter the following data:
    11.

    Field

    Data

    Description

    Transport - Arrival

    any entry

    Indicator showing means of transport at goods issue

    second input field

    GB

    Nationality of means of transport at goods issue

    Means of trsp - border

    any entry

    Indicator showing the means of transport used to cross the border

    second input field

    GB

    Nationality of means of transport used to cross the border

    Container

    1

    The goods cross the border in a container

  11. Choose .
  12. Select your item in the item overview area.
  13. To expand the item details area, choose Item details.

    14. Information from the material master, the info records and the configuration is transferred. Check this data in the tab pages. This information can be changed if necessary.

  14. Make a note of the net price of your item from the item overview area.

    15. The price is displayed in British pounds (GBP) in the Currency column.

  15. Choose .

    16. To ignore any warning messages, choose Save.

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

  16. Choose until the overview tree appears.