Purchase Orders (tdpur4100m000)

Use this session to view, enter, and maintain purchase order headers.

You can start this session in the details mode by clicking:

  • Details on the appropriate menu of the Purchase Orders (tdpur4100m000) overview session.
  • Purchase Order Details on the File menu of the Purchase Order - Lines (tdpur4100m900) session.

When you double-click a record, or click the New button, the Purchase Order - Lines (tdpur4100m900) session is started.

 

Purchase Office
Financial Department

financial department

The financial department enables you to process financial transactions for an order in another financial company than the financial company of the purchase office.

Note
  • The financial department must have a tax ID in the tax country.
  • This field is only visible if the Use Tax Numbers of other Financial Companies check box is selected in the Tax Parameters (tctax0100m000) session.

Default value

  • This field is defaulted from the Purchase Office field.
  • This field retrieves the default financial data of its financial company for the purchase order.
Order Type

The order type determines which sessions are part of the order procedure and how and in which sequence this procedure is executed.

Default value

The default value is the order type assigned to the supplier in the Buy-from Business Partners (tccom4520m000) session. If no order type is assigned to the supplier, the default is the order type assigned to the logon code in the User Profiles (tdpur0143m000) session.

Note
  • If the purchase order type is a return order, LN cannot create back orders for these orders.
  • If the warehouse is WMS controlled, and the Collect Orders check box is cleared for the warehouse in the WMS Interface Parameters (whwmd2105m000) session, you cannot enter a collect order type in this field.
Planned Receipt Date

The planned date on which the items on the order/schedule line are planned to be received. The planned receipt date cannot occur before the order date/schedule generation date.

Purchase Order

The number that identifies the purchase order.

Purchase Order Origin
Confirmed Receipt Date

The receipt date for the items, which is confirmed by the buy-from business partner or confirmed to the sold-to business partner.

This date is used for several purposes:

  • As one of the bases by which the vendor rating is determined.
  • As the default value for the confirmed receipt date on the order lines.
  • As the reference date for the printing of reminders.
Order Date

The date on which the order is manually specified or is automatically generated.

Note

This date can be manually changed to a date in the past or in the future.

Default value

Status

This field shows the status of the purchase order header.

Workflow Status

The status that applies if the business object requires authorization using ION Workflow.

When you perform a change that requires authorization, a checked-out version is automatically created for the business object. The changes you submitted are only effective after approval/check-in. You can also undo your changes, or recall your submitted changes.

  • Checked-out and checked-in objects are displayed in the Checked-out Objects (ttocm9599m000) session.
  • From the appropriate menu of this session, select Workflow and then select the required action for the business object.

Allowed values

If the business object is checked out, this field shows an Object status.

If the business object is checked in, this field shows an Approval status.

Regardless of the object being checked in or out, if a description is specified for the object type in the Workflow Information Fields (ttocm0106m000) session (which is displayed as a tab in the Object Types (ttocm0102m000) session), this field always shows the value of the appropriate Description field.

Note

For more information on setting up and using ION Workflow for business objects in LN, refer to the Infor LN Integration Guide for Infor ION Workflows and Monitors at Infor Xtreme.

Log Order History

If this check box is selected, history must be logged for the purchase order.

Note

This field cannot be changed during the life cycle of the purchase order.

Default value

This field is defaulted from the Log Order History parameter in the Purchase Order Parameters (tdpur0100m400) session at the moment the purchase order is created. If the parameter changes after the purchase order creation date, this field is not changed.

Start Logging History at

The moment the purchase order history is logged.

Note

This field cannot be changed during the life cycle of the purchase order.

Default value

This field is defaulted from the Start Logging History at parameter in the Purchase Order Parameters (tdpur0100m400) session at the moment the purchase order is created. If the parameter changes after the purchase order creation date, this field is not changed.

EDI Message Generated

If this check box is selected, an EDI message is generated for the purchase order.

Warehouse
Buyer

The employee of your company who is the contact to the concerned buy-from business partner. The buyer is also known as the purchasing agent.

Terms of Delivery
Title Passage
Buy-from BP Order

The number the buy-from business partner assigned to the order.

Original Document Type

The document type that is linked to the original document if the purchase order type is a return order.

Reference A

The first extra reference by which the order or request for quotation can be identified. This reference is printed on various order documents and lists.

Original Document No

The original document number for the return order.

Note

If the fields in the Returns group box are filled and you click Copy from Orig Doc on the appropriate menu, depending on the Original Document Type, a session starts from which you can select the lines of the original document to be copied to the current order. As a result, a link is created between the original order line and the return order line.

Reference B

The second extra reference field that you can fill with extra information. This reference is printed on the order documents and lists.

Return Reason

The reason why the delivered goods are rejected and returned.

Contract

A customer-oriented contract, agreed upon by buy-from business partners and sold-to business partners that is used to record specific agreements for specific projects. A special contract can also be a promotional contract.

For special contracts, an overlap in effectivity periods is allowed for the same item/business partner combination.

After the contract number is entered, the order header data is loaded with the default values in the header of the concerning contract. Specific addresses are also copied. In this way, the contract terms are adopted on the order level, allowing adoption of the contract price and/or contract discount as well.

The purpose of this field is to serve as a default for the purchase order line. The actions LN takes to link a contract to the contract line, depends on the value of the Several Special Contracts Allowed by Purchase Order check box in the Purchase Contract Parameters (tdpur0100m300) session.

Header Text

If this check box is selected, a header text is present.

Footer Text

If this check box is selected, a footer text is present.

For Commingling

If this check box is selected, LN generates a purchase order that is waiting for commingling. You must commingle and approve the commingled purchase order.

Note
  • This check box is only available if the Commingling for check box is selected for the relevant origin in the Purchase Order Parameters (tdpur0100m400) session.
  • This check box can only be selected if the purchase order has the Created status.
Code

The code of the contact of the buy-from business partner.

Code

The buy-from business partner's address code.

Full Name

The contact's full name.

Phone

The contact's telephone number.

Address
City

The city in which the buy-from business partner is established.

Line of Business

The line of business under which the buy from business partner is grouped.

Area

area

Default value

The default area that is assigned to the buy-from business partner is derived from the Buy-from Business Partners (tccom4520m000) session.

Order Discount

A discount percentage or amount to be subtracted from the total order amount.

Note

For cost items and service items, no order header discount is calculated.

Default value

The default order discount is derived from the Buy-from Business Partners (tccom4520m000) session.

Purchase Price List
BP Prices/Discounts

A business partner can be selected as 'parent'. This means that the prices and discounts that are specified for this business partner are the input for the relevant order.

If a parent business partner is defined on an order, LN first looks for price and discount data as defined for the parent business partner.

If price or discount information is not specified for the parent, or if no parent is specified, LN looks for the price and discount data that is specified for the business partner on the order.

BP Texts

A business partner can be selected as parent. This means that the texts that are specified for this business partner are the input for the concerning order.

If a parent business partner is defined on an order, LN first looks for texts as defined for the parent business partner.

If texts are not specified for the parent or if no parent is specified, LN looks for the texts that are specified for the business partner on the order.

Planner

The employee or department responsible for planning the production, purchase and distribution of items. The planner takes into account the inventory levels, availability of materials, and capacities of resources, and reacts on signals such as rescheduling messages that LN generates.

Address

The address code of the ship-from business partner.

Receipt Address
Route
Carrier
Address
Exchange Rate Type

A way to group currency exchange rates. You can assign different currency exchange rates to different invoice-to business partners and/or to different types of transactions (purchase, sales, and so on).

Rate Determiner

The method to decide which date is used to determine the exchange rates.

During the composing process, all amounts in foreign currencies are converted to the home currency, based on the determined exchange rate.

Note

The options you have depend on a company's currency system, which you can define in the Currency System field of the Companies (tcemm1170m000) session.

Use Purchase Rates for Receipts

If this check box is selected, LN uses purchase rate data for the debit side of the purchase order/receipt transaction.

Note

The value of this field is retrieved from the corresponding field in the Buy-from Business Partner (tccom4120s000) session.

Purchase Rate

purchase rate

Default value

The default purchase rate is derived from the Currency Rates (tcmcs0108m000) session. You can adjust the purchase rate with certain restrictions.

The purchase rate is assigned to the purchase order at the moment it is created or generated, in order to use the same rate throughout the order procedure.

You cannot modify this field in any of the following situations:

  • Order lines have been entered for this order.
  • The order currency is the same as the home currency.
  • The Rate Determiner field has the value Document Date, Receipt Date, or Expected Cash Date.
Rate Factor

rate factor

Default value

The default rate factor is the factor that is assigned to the currency. You can adjust the rate factor, depending on a number of conditions (see the Rate/Rate Factor field).

Note

If a purchase order is created or generated, the rate factor that is assigned to the currency is also assigned to the purchase order. So the same rate factor is effective throughout the procedure.

Rate/Rate Factor

The conversion between the home currency and the currency that is used on the purchase order.

Self Billed Invoice

If this check box is selected, self-billing is used for purchase orders that you issue to the buy-from business partner.

Default value

This field is defaulted from the Self-Billing field in the Buy-from Business Partner (tccom4120s000) session.

If this check box is cleared, the purchase invoice is created by the buy-from business partner and received by your company.

Related topics

Invoice after

You can indicate for a purchase order when a self billed invoice can be generated.

  • Inspection
    Self bills can be generated after the goods are inspected and approved.
  • Receipt
    Self bills can be generated after the goods are received or consumed.

Default value

This field is defaulted from the Invoice After field in the Buy-from Business Partner (tccom4120s000) session.

Related topics

Self-Billing Method

If the Self Billed Invoice check box is selected, use this field to select a self-billing method, which determines how self-billing is carried out.

The self-billing method determines, among other things, the criteria for composing the invoice, the invoicing interval, the output medium, and so on.

Related topics

Tax Classification

tax classification

Default value

This field is defaulted from the Business Partner Tax Classification field of the Invoice-from Business Partner (tccom4122s000) session.

Tax Country

The country used for tax purposes.

Note

If the entered country uses a tax provider to calculate tax and is therefore listed in the Countries for Destination Sales Tax (tctax6103m000) session, tax countries on other purchase order lines in the same purchase order must also be registered in the Countries for Destination Sales Tax (tctax6103m000) session. The reason for this is that only the same type of tax countries are allowed on a single order.

Related topics

Description

The description or name of the code.

Tax Code

The tax code that applies to the purchase order line.

Note
  • If the country displayed in the Tax Code field uses a tax provider to calculate tax and is therefore listed in the Countries for Destination Sales Tax (tctax6103m000) session, tax countries on other purchase order lines in the same purchase order must also be registered in the Countries for Destination Sales Tax (tctax6103m000) session. The reason for this is that only the same type of tax countries are allowed on a single order.
  • You can use a group tax code for cost en service items. The group tax code must meet the conditions of the business partner tax classification. In addition, the withholding functionality must be applicable for the financial company of the purchase order's purchase office.
  • If the GST Implemented check box is selected in the India Localization Parameters (tccom9136m00l) session, Infor LN defaults the tax code applicable for the receiving address state.
  • The tax code must be of type aggregate tax code.
Description

The description or name of the code.

Invoice External BP

If this check box is selected, the external business partner is invoiced for the freight costs you make.

Note
  • If this check box is selected, landed cost lines for which the Calculation Method is By Freight Management cannot be linked to the purchase order.
  • The invoice-to business partner is the same as the invoice-from business partner if the invoice-from business partner has the invoice-to role. Otherwise the invoice-to business partner is determined from the parent business partner.
  • This field is defaulted from the Invoice Business Partner for Freight field in the Buy-from Business Partner (tccom4120s000) session.
Freight Costs Based On

A company can invoice freight rates to the external business partner, based on Freight Costs, Client Rates, and Freight Costs (Update Allowed).

Note

This field is defaulted from the Invoice for Freight Based On field in the Invoice-to Business Partner (tccom4112s000) session.

Business Partner
Address

The pay-to business partner's address code.

Contact

The pay-to business partner's contact code.

Terms of Payment
Late Payment Surcharge
Remittance Agreement

A subcontracting document that contains agreements about how the payment for a project will take place. For example, the remittance agreement states that part of the invoice amount must be paid to the subcontractor's industrial assurance board (IAB) and to the tax authorities.

Order Amount

The total order amount. This is a cumulative value of all the purchase line amounts after discounts are deducted.

Currency

The monetary unit in which the purchase price is expressed.

Note

You cannot change the currency if order lines are linked to the purchase order.

Acknowledgement

The code of the acknowledgement.

Change Order Sequence

A number that is used to assign the occurrence of changes to a purchase order or a sales order.

Change Reason

A means used to identify the reason for a change to a sales or purchase order, for example, a contract limitation, feasibility issue, or transportation limitation. A change reason is identified by a code.

Change Type

A user-defined code that can be used to identify types of changes made to orders, such as a price change or quantity increase.

Supplier Change Order Sequence

 

Details

Starts the current session in the details mode.

Order Lines

Starts the Purchase Order - Lines (tdpur4101m000) session in the overview mode.

Lines to be Released
Receipts
Activities by Order Type
Change Order Sequence Numbers
Supplier Change Order Sequence Numbers
Landed Cost Lines
Landed Costs by Purchase Order

Starts the Landed Cost Lines by Purchase Order (tclct2100m300) session, in which you can view all landed costs that are linked to a selected purchase order.

Subcontracting Sales Order

This command is only used in the system of the subcontractor. If the current purchase order is generated for receiving a manufacturer's materials, a subcontractor can click this command to start the subcontracting sales order that is linked to the current purchase order in the Sales Order - Lines (tdsls4100m900) session.

Copy from Original Document

Creates a link between the return order and the original document.

Depending on the Original Document Type, LN starts a session from which you can select the lines of the original document to be copied to the current order.

Order - Lines - Synchronization
Recalculate Price/Discounts Entire Order
Recalculate Landed Costs
Commingle...
Approve

Approves the particular purchase order.

If the For Commingling check box is selected, you must commingle the purchase order before you can approve it.

Approve

Starts the Approve Purchase Orders (tdpur4210m100) session.

If the For Commingling check box is selected, you must commingle the purchase order before you can approve it.

Generate Freight Orders
Release to Warehousing
Cancel

Cancels the purchase order header.

Lines Overview
Receipt Overview
Group by Manual Activity
Order History
Any State

Displays all orders.

Hide Receipts and Payments

Hides all orders with the Warehousing Receipt and Purchase Payment origins.

Only Unexpected Receipts

Only displays orders with the Warehousing Receipt origin.

Only Payment Orders

Only displays orders with the Purchase Payment origin.

Open Orders

Displays all orders for which no receipts are booked yet.

Orders for Printing

Displays all orders that are waiting to be printed in the Print Purchase Orders (tdpur4401m000) session.

Orders for Release to Warehousing

Displays all orders that are waiting to be released to Warehousing in the Release Purchase Orders to Warehousing (tdpur4246m000) session.

Orders for Manual Activities

Displays all orders that are waiting for a manual activity, which you can execute in the Purchase Orders - by Manual Activities (tdpur4501m150) session.

Orders for Processing

Displays the orders that are waiting to be closed in the Process Purchase Orders (tdpur4223m000) session.

Pegging
Tax Numbers by Business Partner