Purchase contract change requests - field updates

If you use change requests to update purchase contracts, you can modify the value of specific fields on the change requests. These fields are enabled based on the status of the actual purchase contract.

Field categories

This table lists the categories of the fields that can be updated:

Category Fields
Pricing terms Price Stage, Price, Discount
Delivery terms Delivery Terms, Ship-from Address, Receiving address (warehouse), Delivery Location, Delivery Date, Ship-to BP, Carrier
Payment terms Payment Terms, Payment Address, Point of Title Passage
Order reference BP Order Number, Reference A, Reference B, Buyer, Text
Quantity Agreed Quantity
Item Item, Manufacturer Part Number, Unit Effective Number, E-Item Revision
Sourcing Preferred, Receiving Quantities, Lead Times, Schedule Message Types, Authorizations

Field update requirements

This table lists the status of the purchase contract (PC) and the required criteria to update the purchase contract fields:

Category Free (inactive) PC Active PC Terminated PC
Pricing Terms PC can be changed Change request required to update PC Change request required to update PC
Quantity, Delivery Terms, Item PC can be changed Change request required to update PC Not Allowed
Payment Terms PC can be changed Change request required to update PC Not Allowed
Order References PC can be changed Change request required to update PC Not Allowed
Sourcing PC can be changed Change request required to update PC Not Allowed
Note: If you specify a price or discount change in the Purchase Contract Change Request Prices (tdpur3103m100) session, you can retrobill the invoiced purchase payable receipts of the orders and schedules that are affected by the contract price change. See: Retrobilling price changes using change requests.

Change request sessions

These main sessions are available to update purchase contracts and the related data using change requests:

  • Purchase Contract Change Request (tdpur3600m100)
  • Purchase Contract Change Request Line (tdpur3601m100)

The Purchase Contract Change Request (tdpur3600m100) session includes these tabs that refer to the related change request sessions:

  • Purchase Contract Change Request Lines (tdpur3101m400)
  • Purchase Contract Change Request Prices (tdpur3103m100)
  • Purchase Contract Change Request Line Logistic Data (tdpur3102m200)
  • Terms and Conditions Lines (tctrm1120m000)

The Purchase Contract Change Request Line (tdpur3601m100) session includes these tabs that refer to the related change request sessions:

  • Purchase Contract Change Request Line Details (tdpur3101m500)
  • Purchase Contract Change Request Line Logistic Detail Line (tdpur3102m300)

From the appropriate menu in the Purchase Contract Change Request (tdpur3600m100) session, you can start the Material Price Information (tcmpr1600m100) session in which you can update the material price information for the change request.

You can use the Print Purchase Contract Change Request Comparison (tdpur3408m000) session to view and compare all the updates between the original contract and the change request.

In the history session that is linked to the relevant change request session, you can view the history of the changes.

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