Specifying purchase contracts

Specify the general data for a purchase contract header in the Purchase Contracts (tdpur3100m000) session. This session includes mainly purchase business partner-related information. On the contract header, you can also link a terms and conditions agreement.

The terms and conditions agreement can be linked as follows in this session:

• Manually, by selecting an agreement from the Terms and Conditions (tctrm1100m000) session.
• By generating an agreement from a template, which is automatically linked to the contract header. Select Generate Terms and Conditions from Template from the appropriate menu to start the Generate Terms and Conditions from Template (tctrm2200m000) session.

The following can be linked to a contract:

• Both a terms and conditions agreement and contract lines
• Only a terms and conditions agreement and no contract lines
• Only contract lines and no terms and conditions agreement

Specify purchase contract lines in the Purchase Contract Lines (tdpur3101m000) session, which include the agreements with a buy-from business partner about a certain item during a period of time.

In the Purchase Contract Prices (tdpur3103m000) session, record prices and discounts for the purchase contract line in a purchase contract price revision.

If the contract line item is a configurable item, and the Option Based Pricing check box is selected in the Purchase Contract Lines (tdpur3101m000) session, item prices are retrieved from the generic price list in Manufacturing and not from the Purchase Contract Prices (tdpur3103m000) session.

If no valid price and discount can be retrieved from the purchase contract, LN continues searching for a price and discounts in other sources.

For more information, refer to Setting up purchase contract price revisions.

In the Purchase Contract Line Logistic Data (tdpur3102m000) session, specify purchase contract line logistic data if you want to link purchase schedules with external business partners to the contract line. If you only use purchase schedules with internal business partners, a contract is not required.

The purchase contract line logistic data provides default values to the purchase schedule that is linked to the purchase contract line. If you do not specify logistic data, you cannot create a purchase schedule for an external business partner.

For more information, refer to Setting up contract line logistic data.

In the Delivery Contract (tdpur3104m000) session, you can create a delivery contract instead of a purchase schedule if you already know the time-phased delivery details. A delivery contract is not a real schedule, but a schedule solution to generate purchase orders in time.

For more information, refer to Setting up a delivery contract.