PURCHASE ORDER

PURCHASE ORDER
PO is an external document created for the procurement of materials and services from vendor. The document of PO is also divided into 4 parts as PR: -
1. Document Overview
2. Header (Delivery/Invoice, Conditions, Address, Partners, Org. data, status)
3. Item Overview (A/C assign cat, Item Category, Material, Plant, Del date, SL)
4. Item Details (Material data, Confirmations, condition control, delivery, delivery Schedule, Quantities/weights, invoice)
A procurement type is defined for each of the document items. The following procurement types exist:
􀂃 Standard
􀂃 Subcontracting
􀂃 Consignment
􀂃 Stock transfer
􀂃 External service
• There are different ways to create PO: -
1. Directly through transaction code ME21N
2. With reference to PR
3. With reference to RFQ
4. With reference to info records.
5. With reference to Contracts
6. With reference to Cost Centre, G/L Account (cost element) for consumable items or not stock items with account assignment category ‘K’ (K= cost centre). (For non stock and consumables)