Purchase Orders - by Manual Activities (tdpur4501m150)

Use this session to list the manual activities that must be released for a purchase order line.

For manual activities, the Manual Activity check box is selected in the Purchase Order Type - Activities (tdpur0560m000) session. A manual activity does not have a session code.

Click Release Manual on the appropriate menu, to execute the activity.

 

Activity

The next activity that you must carry out for the purchase order line.

Buy-from Business Partner

The business partner from whom you order goods or services; this usually represents a supplier's sales department. The definition includes the default price and discount agreements, purchase-order defaults, delivery terms, and the related ship-from and invoice-from business partner.

Order

An agreement that indicates which items are delivered by a buy-from business partner according to certain terms and conditions.

A purchase order contains:

  • A header with general order data, buy-from business partner data, payment terms, and delivery terms
  • One or more order lines with more detailed information about the actual items to be delivered
Line

The lines on purchase orders that record detailed information about, for example:

  • The ordered items
  • The price agreements
  • The delivery dates
  • Shipping
  • Invoicing

You can have one or more lines on a purchase order.

Sequence Number

The number used to identify in detail the position number of a sales order (delivery) line or a purchase order line (detail).

Item

The raw materials, subassemblies, finished products, and tools that can be purchased, stored, manufactured, and sold.

An item can also represent a set of items handled as one kit, or which exist in multiple product variants.

You can also define nonphysical items, which are not retained in inventory but can be used to post costs or to invoice services to customers. The examples of nonphysical items:

  • Cost items (for example, electricity)
  • Service items
  • Subcontracting services
  • List items (menus/options)
Ordered Quantity

The quantity that must be delivered according to the terms on the order line. The quantity is expressed in the purchase unit or the sales unit of the item.

Ordered Quantity

The purchase unit in which the ordered quantity is expressed.

 

Release Manual

Releases one or more purchase order lines.