Purchase Order Intake Workbench (tdpur4601m200)

	Purchase Order Intake Workbench (tdpur4601m200) Use this session to filter the purchase order lines that require a buyer's attention and to execute the appropriate actions on the lines. For example, order lines for which specific activities are yet to be executed, or lines with unconfirmed data or backorder quantities. Filters You can use these filters to display the appropriate selection of orders and order lines: General By Purchase Office, Buyer, Buy-from Business Partner, Item, or by a combination of these fields. Lines ready for By (next) activity to be executed. Miscellaneous By unconfirmed potential backorders, or unconfirmed purchase order lines. Change Requests ready for By (next) activity to be executed, if change requests are applicable. Note The check marks next to the filter options indicate the filters that are activated. The count fields display the number of lines for the filter. This number is displayed irrespective of the activation of the filter. Tabs The orders and order lines that match the activated filters are displayed on these tabs: Order Lines Refers to the Purchase Order Intake Lines (tdpur4101m500) session. When you double-click a line, the Purchase Order Lines (tdpur4101m000) session is started. Backorder Lines Refers to the Purchase Backorder Lines (tdpur4101m900) session. When you double-click a line, the Potential Purchase Backorders (tdpur4101m700) session is started. Purchase Orders Refers to the Purchase Orders Intake (tdpur4100m100) session. When you double-click a line or click the New button, the Purchase Order - Lines (tdpur4100m900) session is started. Change Requests Refers to the Purchase Order Change Requests Intake (tdpur4100m600) session. When you double-click a line, the Purchase Order Change Request (tdpur4600m000) session is started. Related topics Flexible purchase order processing Purchase order procedure Purchase orders - additional processes Change requests - purchase orders Overview of vendor rating General 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. 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. 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. 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) Order Lines The total number of purchase order lines that are displayed, based on the General filter. Lines ready for Approve If a check mark is displayed, order lines that are ready for approval are displayed. Click Approve to activate or deactivate this filter. Count The count of the lines for the filter, which is displayed irrespective of the activation of the filter. Print Acknowledgement If a check mark is displayed, order lines that are ready for printing an order acknowledgment are displayed. Click Print Order to activate or deactivate this filter. Release to Warehousing If a check mark is displayed, order lines that are ready for releasing to Warehousing are displayed. Click Release to Warehousing to activate or deactivate this filter. Release Manual Activities If a check mark is displayed, order lines that are ready for releasing a manual activity are displayed. Click Release Manual Activities to activate or deactivate this filter. Miscellaneous Confirm Backorders If a check mark is displayed, order lines that have yet to be confirmed potential backorders are displayed. Click Confirm Backorders to activate or deactivate this filter. Related topics Purchase backorders Order Confirmations If a check mark is displayed, order lines with data that is yet to be confirmed by the supplier are displayed. Note Confirmations are applicable only if the Use Confirmation (Purchase) check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session. Change Requests ready for Approve If a check mark is displayed, change requests that are ready for approval are displayed. Click Approve to activate or deactivate this filter. Process If a check mark is displayed, change requests that are ready for processing are displayed. Click Process to activate or deactivate this filter. Delivery Performance If vendor ratings are calculated for the buy-from business partner, this graph displays the on-time delivery performance of the business partner by period. The graph is displayed when you select an order line. The rating is based on this data: The criterion type, Delivery The last 13 periods The Adjusted Rating Note You must update the vendor ratings regularly to display accurate ratings. You can view a business partner's ratings in the Vendor Ratings by Period (tdpur8102m000) and Vendor Ratings by Criterion (tdpur8102m100) sessions. Show All Clears the filters, so you can make a new selection.