Purchase Schedule (tdpur3610m000)

Use this session to view, enter, and maintain a specific purchase schedule and linked schedule lines.

This session enables you to quickly view, enter, and maintain the most important information for a purchase schedule and to handle the schedule.

  • You can start this session from the Purchase Schedules (tdpur3110m000) overview session, by double-clicking a record, or by entering a new purchase schedule. You can also start this session stand-alone.
  • To view the details of the purchase schedule header, click Purchase Schedule Details on the File menu of the current session. As a result, the Purchase Schedules (tdpur3110m000) details session starts.
  • To view the details of a purchase schedule line, select and double-click a purchase schedule line. As a result, the Purchase Schedule Lines (tdpur3111m000) session starts.
Tabs

The lines on the tabs refer to these sessions:

 

Contract

The number of the linked purchase contract.

LN automatically links a normal contract to the purchase schedule. However, instead, you can link a special contract to the purchase schedule. To unlink the normal contract and link a special contract to the purchase schedule, click Change Contract. As a result, the Selected Purchase Contract Lines (tdpur3512s000) session starts from which you can select a special contract. When you change the contract, LN decreases the called quantity of the normal contract and increases the called quantity of the special contract.

Note
  • In case of external business partners, a schedule is always linked to a contract line. Logistic agreements, which are mandatory for a schedule, are defaulted from the Purchase Contract Line Logistic Data (tdpur3102m000) session.
  • If an internal business partner is entered, for whom usually no contract is present, the logistic agreements are defaulted from the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session.
Position

The number of the purchase contract line to which the purchase schedule is linked.

Contract Office

The purchase office linked to the contract line.

Note

If a schedule is linked to a contract, the schedule's default contract office is derived from the contract line. If this field is filled, the contract office must be the same as the purchase office.

If a schedule is not linked to a contract, this field is not, and must not be filled.

Sequence

The number of the purchase contract line detail to which the purchase (push) schedule is linked.

Schedule

The number of the purchase schedule.

For pull schedules, the same schedule number can occur twice in this session. The first number represents the Pull Forecast schedule type and the second number represents the Pull Call-off schedule type.

Note

You can specify the default number group for purchase schedules in the Number Group field of the Purchase Schedule Parameters (tdpur0100m500) session.

You can determine the default series for the purchase schedule number group in the following sessions:

  • Purchase Offices (tdpur0112m000)
  • Purchase User Profiles (tdpur0143m000)
Purchase Schedule Type

The type of the purchase schedule.

Note
  • If LN generates a schedule, the type of the schedule is defaulted from the Purchase Schedule Type field of the Items - Purchase (tdipu0101m000) session.
  • If you manually enter a schedule, the schedule is always of the type Push. You cannot manually create pull schedules.

Allowed values

Schedule Type

Generation Date

The date the specific schedule is (re)generated.

Status

The purchase schedule's status.

Text

If this check box is selected, a special text with, for example, additional reference information is available.

Self-Billing

If this check box is selected, the scheduled items are self-billed by your company.

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

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Invoice After

You can indicate for a purchase schedule 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.

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Self-Billing Method

If the Self-Billing 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.

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Payment

Use this field to define the payment between the purchase office, which issues the purchase schedule, and the supplier.

Note
  • You can only define this field if the purchase schedule is a push schedule with a linked blanket warehouse order.
  • This field is set to Pay on Use if the Consigned check box is selected for the push schedule.
  • Pay on Use or No Payment can only be selected if a sold-to business partner is linked to the warehouse.

Allowed values

Payment

Payment (Internally)

Use this field to define the payment between the purchase office, which issues the purchase schedule, and the warehouse, which receives the purchase schedule.

You can only define this field if the purchase schedule is a push schedule with a linked blanket warehouse order.

Note
  • You can only define this field if the Ownership Internal check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.
  • You can only define this field if the purchase schedule is a push schedule with a linked blanket warehouse order.
  • This field is set to Pay on Receipt if the purchase office is linked to the same enterprise unit as the warehouse.
  • If the buy-from business partner is an internal business partner, this field cannot be set to Pay on Use.
  • This field is set to Not Applicable if the Payment field is set to No Payment.
  • This field cannot be set to No Payment.

Allowed values

Payment

Payment (Direct Delivery)

Use this field to define the payment between the purchase office, which issues the purchase schedule, and the customer.

This field applies if a purchase schedule is created at the supplier's location for directly delivering goods to a VMI warehouse at the customer's location by a third party.

You can only define this field if the purchase schedule is a push schedule with a linked blanket warehouse order.

Note
  • You can only define this field if the Ownership External check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.
  • You can only define this field if the purchase schedule is a push schedule with a linked blanket warehouse order.
  • This field must be set to Pay on Use or No Payment if the warehouse has a sold-to business partner linked to it.
  • This field is set to Not Applicable if the warehouse has no linked sold-to business partner.
  • This field cannot be set to Pay on Receipt, because no sales orders can be generated for purchase schedules.

Allowed values

Payment

Tax Classification

An attribute of order headers and order lines that you can use to define tax exceptions for the transaction. LN retrieves the default tax classification from the invoice-from and invoice-to business partners.

For example, you can use the tax classification to indicate:

  • That payments to an invoice-from business partner are subject to withholding tax and social contributions
  • To group business partners who have the same tax aspects for your company, for example, subcontractors, or agents
  • That the tax must be paid in a country other than the sales office or service office's home country

Default value

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

Business Partner

The business partner to whom you pay invoices. This usually represents a supplier's accounts receivable department. The definition includes the default currency and exchange rate, the supplier's bank relation, the number of days within which you must pay the invoices, and if the business partner uses a factoring company.

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.

Address

The pay-to business partner's address code.

Contact
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
Address

The buy-from business partner's address code.

Item Code System

If you use an alternative item code, you must also specify an item code system.

Item Code System

Use this field to store the buy-from business partner's item code.

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)
Note

All item types are allowed except for the following item types:

  • Items defined as Tools.
  • Cost, Service, and Subcontracting items (in case of consignment orders).
  • List items.
  • Generic Items.
  • Project Items (only for pull schedules).

If, in the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session, the supplier is blocked or not approved, you cannot use the item in purchase schedules.

If the Purchase Schedule in use check box in the Items - Purchase (tdipu0101m000) session is cleared for an item, the item cannot be used for purchase schedules.

Note

If the warehouse is WMS controlled:

  • And the Serials in Inventory check box is cleared for the warehouse in the WMS Interface Parameters (whwmd2105m000) session, you cannot enter a serialized item for which the Serials in Inventory check box is selected in the Item - Warehousing (whwmd4100s000) session.
  • And the Serials Not in Inventory check box is cleared for the warehouse in the WMS Interface Parameters (whwmd2105m000) session, you cannot enter a serialized item for which the Serials in Inventory check box is cleared in the Item - Warehousing (whwmd4100s000) session.
  • And the Lots Not in Inventory check box is cleared for the warehouse in the WMS Interface Parameters (whwmd2105m000) session, you cannot enter a lot controlled item for which the Lots in Inventory check box is cleared in the Item - Warehousing (whwmd4100s000) session.
Ship-from BP

The business partner who ships the ordered goods to your organization. This usually represents a supplier's distribution center or warehouse. The definition includes the default warehouse at which you want to receive the goods and if you want to inspect the goods, the carrier that takes care of the transport, and the related buy-from business partner.

Ship-to Address

The address of the warehouse or place where the goods must be delivered.

Warehouse

The warehouse in which the items must be received.

Note
  • The warehouse cannot be of the type Consignment (Owned).
  • A warehouse of the type Consignment (Not Owned) is allowed only if the Consigned check box is selected and the ship-from business partner is the owner of the items in the warehouse.
  • This field is mandatory if the purchase schedule is linked to a purchase contract line detail.
Address

The ship-from business partner's address code.

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.

If a schedule is linked to a contract, LN derives the schedule's default purchase office from the linked contract. You can no longer change the default purchase office on schedule level.

If a schedule is not linked to a contract, LN derives the schedule's purchase office from successively:

  1. Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000)
  2. Items (tcibd0501m000)
  3. The purchase office that is linked to the buy-from business partner.
  4. Purchase User Profiles (tdpur0143m000)
Note

All the activities associated with the purchase schedule are linked to the purchase office. All the financial transactions for the schedule are logged against the financial company of the purchase office.

Planner

The planner who is responsible for this purchase schedule.

Buyer

The buyer who is responsible for this purchase schedule.

Segment Set for Material Release

The segment set used for material releases.

Default value

This field is defaulted from the Segment Set for Material Release field of the Purchase Contract Line Logistic Data (tdpur3102m000) session, or the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session.

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Segment Set for Shipping Schedule

The segment set used for shipping schedules.

Default value

This field is defaulted from the Segment Set for Shipping Schedule field of the Purchase Contract Line Logistic Data (tdpur3102m000) session, or the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session.

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Material Release Issue Pattern

The pattern used to determine the issue time for material releases.

Default value

This field is defaulted from the Issue Pattern for Material Release field of the Purchase Contract Line Logistic Data (tdpur3102m000) session, or the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session.

Shipping Schedule Issue Pattern

The pattern used to determine the issue time for shipping schedules.

Default value

This field is defaulted from the Issue Pattern for Shipping Schedule field of the Purchase Contract Line Logistic Data (tdpur3102m000) session, or the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session.

Shipment/Receipt Based

Use this field to define on what date and time schedule requirements are based.

Note

This field is defaulted from the Shipment or Receipt Based field of the Purchase Contract Line Logistic Data (tdpur3102m000) session, or the Shipment or Receipt Based field of the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session, but can be overwritten in the current session.

Allowed values

Type Qualifier

Delivery Terms

The agreements with the business partner, concerning the way the goods are delivered. Relevant information is printed on various order documents.

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Point of Title Passage

The point at which the legal ownership changes. At this point, the risk passes from the seller to the buyer.

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Purchase Order Type

The purchase order type that is used to retrieve the warehousing order type when generating warehousing orders from the purchase schedule.

Note

You can define purchase order types and link a warehousing order types to the purchase order type in the Purchase Order Types (tdpur0194m000) session.

LN retrieves the default purchase order type successively from the following sessions:

  1. Purchase Contracts (tdpur3100m000)
  2. Sales User Profiles (tdsls0139m000)
  3. Buy-from Business Partner (tccom4120s000)

The following purchase order types are not allowed for purchase schedules:

  • Direct delivery
  • Collect order
  • Return order
  • Cost order
  • Subcontracting order
  • Consignment payment type
Extra Intrastat Info

Statistical import/export data that is not available as standard information in LN, but which is required on the sales listing or the Intrastat declaration by some of the EU member states.

You can add up to 15 data fields to the Intrastat statistical data by defining them as extra Intrastat information set. You can assign the extra Intrastat information sets to warehouse order lines.

Consigned

If this check box is selected, the item specified on the schedule is handled as consignment inventory.

Note
  • If the schedule is generated by Enterprise Planning, you cannot select this check box.
  • If you manually create the schedule and Invoice After is set to Receipt, you cannot select this check box.
Business Partner

The business partner that sends invoices to your organization. This usually represents a supplier's accounts receivable department. The definition includes the default currency and exchange rate, invoicing method and frequency, information about your organization's credit limit, the terms and method of payment, and the related pay-to business partner.

Address

The invoice-from business partner's address code.

Area

A region used to group business partners, customers, suppliers and employees on a geographical basis.

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.

Default value

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

Currency

The purchase schedule's currency.

Default value

The currency is defaulted from the invoice-from business partner that is linked to the buy-from business partner. However, you can overwrite the default currency.

Note
  • You cannot modify the schedule's currency if schedule lines are released.
  • If the purchase schedule is a Pull Schedule, you cannot modify the currency.
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 way in which LN determines the exchange rate that is used.

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

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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.

Rate/Rate Factor

The factor by which purchase transaction amounts in a foreign currency are multiplied to produce the amounts in the home currency.

Note

To apply the same purchase rate during the entire life of a schedule, when a purchase schedule header is created manually or automatically, the rate is retrieved from the Currency Rates (tcmcs0108m000) session. As long as no schedule lines are created for the purchase schedule, you can change the purchase rate in this field.

Rate/Rate Factor

The factor by which the amount in the transaction currency or the invoice currency is divided before LN converts it to a home currency. A rate factor is often used for currencies that have a relatively low price, for example, Korean Won.

Note

To apply the same rate factor during the entire life of a schedule, when a purchase schedule header is created, the rate factor is retrieved from the Currency Rates (tcmcs0108m000) session. As long as no schedule lines are created for the purchase schedule, you can change the rate factor in this field.

Rate/Rate Factor

The defined currency exchange rate.

 

CUMs

Starts a graphical browser framework that provides an overview of a schedule's cumulatives (CUMs).

In this framework, you can view a schedule's CUM reset date(s) and applicable invoiced cumulatives, received cumulatives, required cumulatives, and shipped cumulatives.

If you select a record, on the appropriate menu of the graphical browser framework, you can choose:

  • Invoiced CUMS, to start the Invoiced Cumulatives (tdpur3133m000) session.
  • Received CUMS, to start the Received Cumulatives (tdpur3132m000) session.
  • Required CUMS, to start the Required Cumulatives (tdpur3130m000) session.
  • Shipped CUMS, to start the Shipped Cumulatives (tdpur3131m000) session.
Open Schedules

Displays purchase schedules with the Active, Termination in Process, or Schedule Positions Full status.

All Schedules

Displays all purchase schedules.

Terminate

Terminates the purchase schedule.