Functions of the Single-Store Vendor Order 

Use

The following functions are available for you as a buyer in the single-store vendor order process with cross-docking and prepacking (referred to as the CDP process in the following).

Integration

The following integration options should be pointed out:

·        You can copy planned procurement items from external applications into the order list. (These items can only be changed in the original application.)

·        Customer-specific control of the single-store procurement process with cross-docking and prepacking

The article master contains an indicator to show whether an article is intended for procurement with the CDP process. Whether it is actually procured using this process, however, is determined by whether all the following data is available:

¡        Article master entry with indicator for the CDP process

¡        Vendor master entry with indicator for relevance for collective numbering

¡        Distribution data and distribution center and store IDs

You can overwrite this logic using a Business Add-In in Customizing for Seasonal Procurement under PO Processing → Enhancements Using Business Add-Ins → BAdI: Enhance Grouping Criteria.

·        The system can copy single-store vendor orders from the allocation table or the generic purchase order into seasonal purchase order processing.

·        The collective number is used to select single-store vendor orders from the CDP process in various applications in Seasonal Procurement (for example, in OTB Procurement).

·        To generate stock transport orders from the single-store normal purchase orders, report RWRF_POHF_PO_TO_STO (Creation of Stock Transport Orders for Seasonal Procurement) is available. The system makes sure that these purchase orders cannot be used to created generic purchase orders.

Features

In the CDP process, the Purchase Order Manager integrates the following functions:

·        Display in the worklist

You can use the collective number to open the display of all single-store purchase orders and – as usual – go straight to the relevant application group.

·        Order processing

You can delete individual items and carry out mass changes (for the same article in all documents) for the following data:

¡        Delivery date

¡        Item quantity

You can also manually change individual items to a limited extent (for example, delivery date, quantity, prices, and unit of measure).

You cannot change the unit of measure for procurement items from the process of single-recipient purchase orders from allocation tables and collective POs.

Enhancement of OTB Procurement

For single-store vendor orders from the CDP process, you can procure the entire budget that is missing, instead having to procure it at individual document level. For more information, see OTB Procurement.

A special release for a single-store vendor order causes a special release for all documents with the same collective number. The system issues a message to tell you the budget to which the special authorization applies.

Selection in the Additionals Monitor

You can use the collective number to select article items from vendor orders in the Additionals Monitor. You do this using the search help for the purchase order under Requests for Quotation per Collective Number.

Reporting to OAPC

If a quantity is changed in a single-store vendor order, the system reports this back to OAPC at distribution chain level.

Date changes in a document item are not reported back to OAPC.

See also:

Single-Recipient Purchase Orders from Allocation Table and Collective Purchase Order