Price stages in Procurement

Price stages can be linked to and updated for these documents in Procurement:

  • Requests for quotation (RFQs)

    For response lines and negotiation lines

  • Purchase contracts

    For purchase contract price revisions

  • Purchase orders

    For purchase order lines

Blocking or signaling due to the price stage, is applicable only for purchase order lines.

Requests for quotation (RFQs)

If the Price Stage Mandatory check box is selected in the Request for Quotation Parameters (tdpur0100m100) session, a price stage must be linked to an RFQ in these sessions:

  • RFQ Responses (tdpur1506m000)
  • RFQ Negotiations (tdpur1109m000)

When converting the response line to a purchase order, purchase contract, or price book using the Convert RFQs (tdpur1202m000) session, the price stage is copied from the response line to the purchase order line, purchase contract price revision, or price book.

Purchase contracts

You can specify a price stage for a contract price revision in the Price Stage field of the Purchase Contract Prices (tdpur3103m000) session. If a price book is linked to the contract price revision, the price book's price stage is displayed in the Book Price Stage field of the Purchase Contract Prices (tdpur3103m000) session and the Price Stage field is blank and disabled.

If the Price Stage Mandatory check box is selected in the Purchase Contract Parameters (tdpur0100m300) session, a price stage must be specified in the Purchase Contract Prices (tdpur3103m000) session before you can activate the price revision.

Note: If the Change Requests check box is selected in the Purchase Contract Parameters (tdpur0100m300) session, the price stage can be modified after purchase contract activation only by using the change request process.

Purchase orders

In the Price Stage field of various purchase order line sessions, you can link a price stage to a purchase order line. It is mandatory to specify a price stage for an order line if the Price Stage Mandatory check box is selected in the Purchase Order Parameters (tdpur0100m400) session.

The blocking definition that is linked to the price stage determines the phase at which the order process must be blocked or a signaling message must be displayed. Blocking or signaling can be done during these phases for a purchase order line:

  • Order entry
  • Release to Warehousing
  • Receipt confirmation

Purchase order lines that are blocked because of the price stage, are displayed in the Purchase Order (Line) Blockings (tdpur4120m000) session. The value of the Hold Reason field is retrieved from the blocking definition that is linked to the price stage. The blocked lines cannot be released in the Purchase Order (Line) Blockings (tdpur4120m000) session. To unblock a line, you must update the price stage. Based on the new price stage, the order process can continue, a new blocking can be created, or only a signal may be displayed.

You can update the price stage for a purchase order line only until the order line is processed in the Process Delivered Purchase Orders (tdpur4223m000) session.

After confirmation of a receipt:

  • The price stage can be modified in the Purchase Payable Receipts (tdpur4130m000) session, using the Change Price and Discounts of Purchase Payable Receipts (tdpur4132m000) session.
  • The price stage can only be used for information purposes.
Note: 
  • Price stages are not applicable for purchase orders with origins Warehousing Receipt or Purchase Payment.
  • If the Always Use Contract Price and Discount check box is selected in the Purchase Contract Parameters (tdpur0100m300) session, you cannot update the price stage for a purchase order line if a contract is linked to the order line and the price stage differs from the contract's price stage. You must first unlink the contract to update the price stage for the order line.
  • If landed cost lines are linked to a purchase order line, a price stage can or must also be specified for these lines. See Landed costs - price stages.
  • If the Change Requests check box is selected in the Purchase Order Parameters (tdpur0100m400) session, the price stage can be modified after purchase order approval or printing only by using the change request process.

Recalculating prices

If the item price and Price Stage are retrieved from a price book for the response line, contract price revision, or order line item, the Price Stage is defaulted again from the Price Book Lines (tdpcg0131m000) session. This value is defaulted when you recalculate prices for the response line, contract price revision, or purchase order line in the Price and Discount Recalculation Parameters (tdpcg0240s000) session.

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