Working with the Purchased Item 360 (tdipu0103m000) session
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.
For a purchased item selected from the list, the check boxes in the Item, Requisitions, RFQs, Purchase Contracts, Purchase Orders, and Miscellaneous group boxes indicate if related data is maintained. You can click the entity to access the corresponding session, wherein you can view and maintain the related data.
You can also view these graphs related to the purchased items in the Graphs group box:
- On Time Delivery
- Vendor Rating Top 8
- Buying Percentage
- Price History
- Planned Available
Field Information
- Buyer
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To only view the items for the buyer, click . Consequently, only the items with the current buyer specified in the Buyer field in the Items - Purchase (tdipu0101m000) session, are displayed.
- Item Details
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- Item Group
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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
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- Inventory Unit
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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
- Unit
- Lot Controlled
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If this check box is selected, the item must be assigned to a lot.
- Manufacturer
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The item's default manufacturer.
- Serialized
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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 on the appropriate menu, you can view the serialized item in the Serialized Items (tcibd4501m000) session.
- MPN Item
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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
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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
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If this check box is selected, the item is unit effective.
- Revision-Controlled
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If this check box is selected, the item has revisions.
- Picture
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The item's picture, which is defaulted from the Picture field in the Items (tcibd0501m000) session.
- Graphs
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The type of graph that is displayed.
These graphs can be selected:
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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.
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- Item, Requisitions, RFQs, Purchase Contracts, Purchase Orders, and Miscellaneous
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If a check mark is displayed, data is available in the linked session.
- Item
- Item Type
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Note: You can click 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
- Rental Product
Note: LN does not display items of the type Generic and Configuration Module in this session. - Actual Supply Source
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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
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The first search key for the item.
Default value
The first 16 positions of the Item field.
- Search Key II
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The second search key for the item.
- Product Variant
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The unique identification of a product variant.