Purchased Item 360 (tdipu0103m000)

Use this session to view, maintain, and specify purchased item-related data. With this session, LN provides an overview of purchased item data and enables a buyer to perform multiple item-related tasks.

How to use the Purchased Item 360 (tdipu0103m000) session

If you select an item from the item list in the Purchased Item 360 (tdipu0103m000) session, information about the item is displayed. If you double-click a record, the Items (tcibd0501m000) session starts.

The check marks indicate which data is available for the item. If you click a link, a session is started in which you can view, maintain, or specify the purchased item data.

Field Information

Buyer

buyer

To only view the items for the buyer, click Apply Filter. Consequently, only the items with the current buyer specified in the Buyer field in the Item - Purchase session, are displayed.

Item Details
Item Group

The item's item group. You must assign every item to an item group.

To select the item group you can:

  • Select or create an item group in the Item Groups (tcmcs0123m000) session.
  • Select the item's default data from the Item Defaults (tcibd0102m000) session. The item default data includes the item group.

If you defined default item data for the item type and item group in the Item Defaults (tcibd0102m000) session, LN enters the default data in the relevant fields of the Items (tcibd0501m000) session. You can use the default values or change the values as required.

Item Signal

signal

Inventory Unit

The item's inventory unit.

You can only enter the inventory unit for items of the following types:

  • Purchased item.
  • Manufactured item.
  • Generic item. The item's standard cost is based on the inventory unit. The item ordering quantities are expressed in the inventory unit.
Note: If you use Project , you must specify the item's inventory unit because the inventory unit is required for project calculations.
Inventory on Hand

inventory on hand

Unit

inventory unit

Lot Controlled

If this check box is selected, the item must be assigned to a lot.

Manufacturer

The item's default manufacturer.

Serialized

If this check box is selected, occurrences of the item are serialized items. LN generates the serial numbers by using a mask, or you can enter the serial numbers manually.

If you click Serialized Items on the appropriate menu, you can view the serialized item in the Serialized Items (tcibd4501m000) session.

MPN Item

If this check box is selected, this is an item to which manufacturer part numbers (MPNs) are linked.

You can link MPNs to items in the Manufacturer Part Numbers (tdipu0145m000) session.

Multiple Manufacturer Item

If this check box is selected, multiple manufacturers can be used for an item - business partner combination. If this check box is cleared, you can only use one manufacturer for an item - business partner combination.

Multiple manufacturer items are mostly used by companies that buy components that have similar or the same specifications or quality, from various intermediate suppliers. If the ordered quantity is less than the minimum quantity that you can order from a manufacturer, you cannot directly buy from the manufacturer, but you must buy the components from an intermediate supplier. This supplier can obtain the components from several approved manufacturers.

Unit Effective

If this check box is selected, the item is unit effective.

Revision-Controlled

If this check box is selected, the item has revisions.

Picture

The item's picture, which is defaulted from the Picture field in the Items (tcibd0501m000) session.

Graphs

The type of graph that is displayed.

These graphs can be selected:

  • On Time Delivery

    Shows the top five suppliers with the best on-time delivery performance for the selected item in the current period.

  • Vendor Rating Top 8

    Shows the vendor rating of the first eight suppliers for the selected item in the current period.

  • Buying Percentage

    Shows the proportional purchased quantity of the selected item procured from suppliers, for the last 12 months.

  • Price History

    Shows the price history of the selected item listed by suppliers for the last six months.

  • Planned Available

    Shows the planned availability of the selected item for each day of a week.

See Purchased item graphs.

Item, Requisitions, RFQs, Purchase Contracts, Purchase Orders, and Miscellaneous

If a check mark is displayed, data is available in the linked session.

Item

item

Item Type

item type

Note: You can click Date Effective Item Data on the appropriate menu to start the Date-Effective Supply Source (tcibd0510m000) session, in which you can temporarily change the item type of Purchased, Manufactured, or Product items.

Allowed values

Product
Purchased
Manufactured
Generic
Cost
Service
Subcontracted service
List
Tool
Equipment
Engineering module
Note: LN does not display items of the type Generic and Engineering Module in this session.

Actual Supply Source

If the supply source is temporarily changed in the Date-Effective Supply Source (tcibd0510m000) session, this field displays the actual supply source.

Search Key I

The first search key for the item.

Default value

The first 16 positions of the Item field.

Search Key II

The second search key for the item.

Product Variant

The unique identification of a product variant.

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