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Process Flow: Purchase Order and Goods ReceiptPostingPurchasing from vendors and from other plants within your own company ishandled in SAP ECC using documents. Employees can report requirementsfor externally-procured materials to the Purchasing department using purchaserequisitions. For one-time transactions or for new contacts, Purchasing can firstcreate a request for quotation and enter a corresponding quotation at a later date.The system supports the buyer in comparing quotations from various vendors.A purchase order can refer to a quotation, but also directly to a requirementcoverage request.Master data plays a particularly important role in this context; goods procuredexternally have a separate Purchasing view in their master data. Vendors usuallyreceive a vendor master record that contains address data, accounting data, anddefault values for purchase order processing (such as delivery conditions). If thesame material is procured regularly from a specific vendor with fixed conditions(prices, purchase quantities, delivery times), you can create a purchasinginformation record for the relevant combination of material and vendor. Thesystem accesses this master data when purchasing documents are created, andenters data in the relevant fields.

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Process Flow: Purchase Order and Goods ReceiptPostingPurchasing from vendors and from other plants within your own company ishandled in SAP ECC using documents. Employees can report requirementsfor externally-procured materials to the Purchasing department using purchaserequisitions. For one-time transactions or for new contacts, Purchasing can firstcreate a request for quotation and enter a corresponding quotation at a later date.The system supports the buyer in comparing quotations from various vendors.A purchase order can refer to a quotation, but also directly to a requirementcoverage request.

Master data plays a particularly important role in this context; goods procuredexternally have a separate Purchasing view in their master data. Vendors usuallyreceive a vendor master record that contains address data, accounting data, anddefault values for purchase order processing (such as delivery conditions). If thesame material is procured regularly from a specific vendor with fixed conditions(prices, purchase quantities, delivery times), you can create a purchasinginformation record for the relevant combination of material and vendor. Thesystem accesses this master data when purchasing documents are created, andenters data in the relevant fields.

Process Flow: Purchase Order and Goods ReceiptPosting

Purchasing from vendors and from other plants within your own company ishandled in SAP ECC using documents. Employees can report requirementsfor externally-procured materials to the Purchasing department using purchaserequisitions. For one-time transactions or for new contacts, Purchasing can firstcreate a request for quotation and enter a corresponding quotation at a later date.The system supports the buyer in comparing quotations from various vendors.A purchase order can refer to a quotation, but also directly to a requirementcoverage request.

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Master data plays a particularly important role in this context; goods procuredexternally have a separate Purchasing view in their master data. Vendors usuallyreceive a vendor master record that contains address data, accounting data, anddefault values for purchase order processing (such as delivery conditions). If thesame material is procured regularly from a specific vendor with fixed conditions(prices, purchase quantities, delivery times), you can create a purchasinginformation record for the relevant combination of material and vendor. Thesystem accesses this master data when purchasing documents are created, andenters data in the relevant fields.

Process Flow: Purchase Order and Goods ReceiptPostingPurchasing from vendors and from other plants within your own company ishandled in SAP ECC using documents. Employees can report requirementsfor externally-procured materials to the Purchasing department using purchaserequisitions. For one-time transactions or for new contacts, Purchasing can firstcreate a request for quotation and enter a corresponding quotation at a later date.The system supports the buyer in comparing quotations from various vendors.A purchase order can refer to a quotation, but also directly to a requirementcoverage request.Master data plays a particularly important role in this context; goods procured

externally have a separate Purchasing view in their master data. Vendors usuallyreceive a vendor master record that contains address data, accounting data, anddefault values for purchase order processing (such as delivery conditions). If thesame material is procured regularly from a specific vendor with fixed conditions(prices, purchase quantities, delivery times), you can create a purchasinginformation record for the relevant combination of material and vendor. Thesystem accesses this master data when purchasing documents are created, andenters data in the relevant fields.