Creating buying organizations

You must create a buying organization for your company so that you can communicate with the supplier that you are punching out to their site.

  1. Select Supply Management > Supply Management Setup > Punchout > Buying Organizations.
  2. Click Create.
  3. Specify this information:
    Buying Organization
    Select a procurement group.
    Organization Name
    Specify a name for the buying organization.
  4. On the RSS Options tab, specify this information:
    Set All Companies to Basic User Settings
    Click this button to set all inventory companies' display options to basic user settings. See the Requisition Self Service User Guide for information about the basic user settings.
    Set All Companies to Power User Settings
    Click this button to set all inventory companies' display options to power user settings. See the Requisition Self Service User Guide for information about the power user settings.
    Prevent Company RSS Options Updates
    Select this check box to prevent any changes to individual fields on the Inventory Company Requisition Self Service Display Options.

    To view these settings, access the Inventory Company record's RSS tab and edit the Requisition Self Service Display Options section.

    To lock the settings on the company record so that they cannot be changed individually, select the Prevent Company RSS Options Updates check box.

  5. On the Punchout Options tab, specify this information:
    DUNS Number
    Specify the DUNS number for the buying organization.
    Email Domain Name
    Specify the email domain name for the buying organization.
  6. In the Sender Information section, specify this information:
    Network ID
    Specify the senders network ID.
    Shared Secret
    Specify the agreed upon password.
    DUNS Number
    Specify the DUNS number for the sender. This is usually the same as the From information, but can be different.
  7. In the Deployment Information section, specify this information:
    Allow Combined Items
    Select this check box if punchout items can be combined with non-punchout items in a requisition in RSS.
    Allow Multiple Punchout Vendors
    Select this check box to punchout to multiple vendors and add items from each of them to the same requisition.
  8. Click Save.

    Punchout vendors can be created in the buying organization on the Punchout Vendors tab.

    Purchase order dispatch vendors can be created in the buying organization on the Purchase Order Dispatch Vendors tab.