Requests for Quotation (tdpur1501m000)

	Requests for Quotation (tdpur1501m000) Use this session to view, enter, and maintain request for quotation (RFQ) headers. You can start this session in the details mode by clicking: Details on the appropriate menu of the Requests for Quotation (tdpur1501m000) overview session. Purchase RFQ Details on the File menu of the Request for Quotation (tdpur1600m000) session. When you double-click a record, or click the New button, the Request for Quotation (tdpur1600m000) session is started. Related topics Request for quotation procedure RFQ The number of the request for quotation (RFQ). Status The status of the RFQ. Allowed values RFQ Status RFQ Date The date on which the request for quotation is specified. Default value The current (creation) date, or the requisition date if the RFQ was generated from a converted requisition. Note This date can be manually changed to a date in the past or in the future. Response Date The last date on which the bidder can submit an RFQ response on the request for quotation. Default value The default response date is determined by the number of days defined in the Default Term for Returning RFQ's field of the Request for Quotation Parameters (tdpur0100m100) session. The number of days defined in this Default Term for Returning RFQ's field is added to the RFQ date. Example If the RFQ date is 2000-01-01, and the value of the Default Term for Returning RFQ's field is 10 days, LN comes up with the default response date 2000-01-11. Note If the response date has expired, and no RFQ response is submitted on the request for quotation (RFQ), you can remove the RFQ in the Delete Requests for Quotation (tdpur1205m000) session. The response date on the RFQ header is used as the default response date for all bidders who are selected for the RFQ. The default response date for the bidders can be overwritten in the RFQ Bidders (tdpur1505m000) session. The response date cannot be before the RFQ date. Reminder Date Reminder Date Purchase Office A department in your organization that is responsible for buying the materials and services required by your organization. You assign number groups to the purchase office. Related topics Default purchase office Apply Landed Costs If this check box is selected, landed costs can be linked to this RFQ. Default value The value of the Apply Landed Costs on Request for Quotation check box in the Landed Costs Parameters (tclct0100m000) session. Related topics Landed costs – requests for quotation (RFQs) Criteria Set The RFQ criteria set that is linked to the request for quotation. Related topics Specifying criteria and criteria sets for RFQs Apply Payment Terms Discount for Price Comparison If this check box is selected, payment terms must be included when you compare responses in the RFQ Compare Responses (tdpur1600m100) session. Consequently, the prices and scores of the compared lines can include a payment terms discount. Related topics Request for quotation procedure 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. Reference B The second extra reference field that you can fill with extra information. This reference is printed on the order documents and lists. 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. Header Text If this check box is selected, header text is available. Footer Text If this check box is selected, footer text is available. Receipt Date The date on which the items, for which you send the request for quotation, are planned to be delivered. Note When you accept the RFQ response and you copy the RFQ in the Convert RFQs (tdpur1202m000) session, the receipt date is copied to the purchase order or purchase contract. The receipt date cannot be before the response date. Receipt Period The start date of the period that the items, for which you send the request for quotation, are scheduled to be delivered. Note When you accept the RFQ response and you copy the RFQ in the Convert RFQs (tdpur1202m000) session, the start date is copied to the purchase order, or the purchase contract. The start date of the receipt period cannot be before the response date. You cannot define a receipt period if a receipt date is defined. End Receipt Period The end date of the period that the items, for which you send the request for quotation, are scheduled to be delivered. Note When you accept the RFQ response and you copy the RFQ in the Convert RFQs (tdpur1202m000) session, the end date is copied to the purchase order or the purchase contract. The end date of the receipt period cannot be before the start date. You cannot define a receipt period if a receipt date is defined. Warehouse The warehouse where the items must be delivered. Note If you specified a warehouse, the Receipt Address field must also be filled. You cannot enter a warehouse of the type Shop Floor. Receipt Address The address of the warehouse or place where the goods must be delivered. Delivery Terms The agreements with the business partner, concerning the way the goods are delivered. Relevant information is printed on various order documents. Note You can also specify delivery terms per bidder in the RFQ Bidders (tdpur1505m000) session. Related topics Delivery terms Point of Title Passage The point at which the legal ownership changes. At this point, the risk passes from the seller to the buyer. Related topics Delivery terms Payment Terms Agreements about the way in which invoices are paid. The payment terms include: The period within which invoices must be paid. The discount granted if an invoice is paid within a given period The payment terms allow you to calculate: The date on which the payment is due The date on which the discount periods expire The discount amount Note You can also specify payment terms per bidder in the RFQ Bidders (tdpur1505m000) session. Additional Information Additional Field User-defined fields of various field formats that can be added to various sessions, in which users can edit these fields. No functional logic is linked to the contents of these fields. Additional information fields can be linked to database tables. When linked to a table, the fields are displayed in the sessions corresponding to the database tables. For example, a field defined for the whinh200 table is displayed as an extra field in the Warehousing Orders (whinh2100m000) session. The contents of additional fields can be transferred between database tables. For example, the information specified by a user in additional information field A of the Warehousing Orders (whinh2100m000) session is transferred to additional information field A in the Shipments (whinh4130m000) session. For this purpose, additional information fields with identical field formats and field name A must be present for the whinh200 and the whinh430 tables (whinh430 corresponds to the Shipments (whinh4130m000) session). Click Extended Additional Information to view all additional information fields that are linked to the purchase document in the Extended Additional Information (tcstl2110m000) session. Related topics Additional information fields Additional information definition levels Additional information fields in Procurement Additional information for project pegged purchase documents Note Because no buy-from business partner is available in this session, the additional information fields defined in the General definition level are used. Details Starts the Requests for Quotation (tdpur1501m000) details session. Lines Starts the RFQ Lines (tdpur1502m000) overview session. Bidders Starts the RFQ Bidders (tdpur1505m000) session. Add Bidders to RFQ Starts the Add Bidders to RFQ (tdpur1221m000) session. RFQ - Lines - Synchronization Starts the RFQ - Lines Synchronization (tdpur0280m000) session. Generate Requests for Quotation Starts the Generate Requests for Quotation (tdpur1220m000) session. Convert RFQs Starts the Convert RFQs (tdpur1202m000) session. Process Non-Converted RFQ Responses Starts the Process Non-Converted RFQ Responses (tdpur1223m000) session. Delete Requests for Quotation Starts the Delete Requests for Quotation (tdpur1205m000) session. RFQ History Starts the RFQ History (tdpur1550m000) session. All RFQs Displays all RFQs. Open RFQs Only displays the open RFQs, which means the RFQ status is not Processed. Expired RFQs Only displays the RFQs that are expired. RFQs without Bidder Only displays the RFQs to which no bidders are linked. Order Pegging Starts the Browse Order Pegging (cprrp0740m000) session.