Creating a Request for a Quotation and Displaying a Message 

Use

You can use this process to create a request for a quotation at the vendor’s, listing the terms of delivery set by Quality Management.

Procedure

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
    2.

    Menu Path

    Logistics ® Materials Management ® Purchasing ® RFQ/Quotation ® Request for Quotation ® Create

    Transaction Code

    ME41

  2. Enter the following data:
    3.

    Field

    Data

    Description

    Quotation deadline

    Today's date +7 days (possible entries help)

    		  

    Purch. organization.

    1000

    IDES Deutschland

    Purchasing group

    001

    Dietl, B.

    Delivery date

    Today's date +14 days

    		  
  3. Choose (Enter).
  4. Enter the following data:
    5.

    Field

    Data

    Coll.no.

    QS6X20

  5. Choose (overview).
  6. Enter the following data:
    7.

    Field

    Data

    Material

    QS6X20

    RFQ quantity

    1000

  7. Choose .
  8. To confirm the message, choose .
  9. Choose (Vendor address).
  10. Enter the following data:
    11.

    Field

    Data

    Description

    Vendor

    1234

    K.F.W. Berlin (German version)

     

    or 1235

    K.F.W. London (English version)

    If you choose the English option, the system creates the request for quotation in English.

  11. Choose .

    12. The complete address of the vendor is displayed.

  12. Choose (Save).

    13. The system confirms the transaction and assigns a number. Make a note of this number.

  13. Choose .
  14. To display the message for the generated request for quotation, call up the following transaction:
    15.

    Menu Path

    From the Request for Quotation node, choose Messages ® Print/Transmit

    Transaction Code

    ME9A

    The Message Output screen appears.

  15. Enter the following data:
    16.

    Field

    Data

    Document number

    Your document number (defaulted)

  16. Choose (Execute).
  17. Select your message and choose Display message.

You see the print preview of the message. The system assigns the following texts automatically to the message:
  1. Choose until the overview tree appears.