The Evaluated Receipt Settlement function can only be used for goods that have been ordered on a purchase order. Only purchase orders with a known, exact price at the time of issue should be settled with ERS. Purchase orders issued without an exact price must continue to be settled manually.

In view of the above, the creator of the purchase order has the options of:

• Flagging the vendor in the vendor master record as being subject to ERS
• Flagging a purchasing information record as being non-ERS (this can be done only if the vendor is subject to ERS)
• Flagging a particular line item within a purchase order as being ERS-relevant (this can only be done if the vendor is subject to ERS)

If the vendor is subject to ERS, the system will automatically set all line items as being ERS-relevant. The ERS indicator can be removed for any particular line item.

The system will not set the ERS indicator on an item if the purchasing information record has been flagged as non-ERS.