Purchase Contracts (tdpur8330m000)

Use this session to filter the purchase contracts and purchase contract lines that require a buyer's attention and to execute the appropriate actions on the lines. For example, contract lines that are about to expire, are over- or under-performing, or lines that are yet to be reviewed and set to Active.

Filters

You can use these filters to display the appropriate selection of contracts and contract lines:

  • General Filter
    By Purchase Office, Buyer, Buy-from Business Partner, Item, or by a combination of these fields.
  • Status Filter
    By status.
  • Date Filter
    By expiry date.
  • Change Requests ready for
    By (next) activity to be executed, if change requests are applicable.
  • Progress Filter
    By elapsed-time or consumption-performance percentages.
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 contracts and contract lines that match the activated filters are displayed on these tabs:

 

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)
Contract Lines

The total number of purchase contract lines that are displayed, based on the General filter.

Status
Active

If a check mark is displayed, contracts and lines with the status Active are displayed.

Click Active 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.

Free

If a check mark is displayed, contracts and lines with the status Free are displayed.

Click Free to activate or deactivate this filter.

Terminated

If a check mark is displayed, contracts and lines with the status Terminated are displayed.

Click Terminated to activate or deactivate this filter.

Expiry Date
Past Expiry

If a check mark is displayed, contracts and lines that are expired are displayed.

Click Past Expiry to activate or deactivate this filter.

Expiry Today

If a check mark is displayed, contracts and lines that expire today are displayed.

Click Expiry Today to activate or deactivate this filter.

Expiry 1-7 Days

If a check mark is displayed, contracts and lines that will expire within the next seven days are displayed.

Click Expiry 1-7 Days to activate or deactivate this filter.

Expiry Beyond 7 Days

If a check mark is displayed, contracts and lines that will expire after the next seven days are displayed.

Click Expiry Beyond 7 Days to activate or deactivate this filter.

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.

Progress
Duration %

If a check mark is displayed, contract lines with, without, below, or above a specific elapsed-time percentage are displayed.

Note

You must specify the time-elapsed percentage and the relational operator for the percentage.

Click Duration %% to activate or deactivate this filter.

Remaining %

If a check mark is displayed, contract lines with, without, below, or above a specific consumption-performance percentage are displayed. The consumption-performance percentage indicates the unused quantity for a contract line in comparison with the agreed quantity.

Note

You must specify the consumption-performance percentage and the relational operator for the percentage.

Click Remaining %% to activate or deactivate this filter.

Usage versus Duration