Item - Purchase (tdipu0601m000)

Use this session to view, specify, and maintain the global item purchase data, which is required to purchase the item.

  • Item purchase data can be specified only if the corresponding global item data is defined in the Items (tcibd0501m000) session.
  • You can start this session from the Items - Purchase (tdipu0101m000) overview session, by double-clicking a record, or by specifying a new item. You can also start this session stand-alone.

Tabs

The lines on the tabs refer to these sessions:

  • Sites

    Refers to the Items - Purchase by Site (tdipu0181m000) session. On this tab, you can view, specify, and maintain the local item purchase data for a site.
  • Offices

    Refers to the Items - Purchase by Office (tdipu0181m100) session. On this tab, you can view, specify, and maintain the local item purchase data for a purchase office.
  • Item - Business Partner

    Refers to the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session. On this tab, you can view, specify, and maintain the buy-from business partners that are linked to the item.
  • Nett Prices per Business Partner

    Refers to the Net Prices per Buy-from Business Partner (tdipu0110m100) session. On this tab, you can view and calculate price and discount information for a combination of item and buy-from business partner.
  • Manufacturer Part Numbers

    Refers to the Manufacturer Part Numbers (tdipu0145m000) session. On this tab, you can specify manufacturer part numbers (MPNs) and link the MPNs to an item and manufacturer(s).
  • MPNs by Item

    Refers to the Items by MPN (tdipu0149m000) session. On this tab, you can specify items by manufacturer part numbers (MPN) and manufacturers.
  • MPNs by Item - Business Partner

    Refers to the MPNs by Item - Business Partner (tdipu0148m000) session. On this tab, you can specify which MPNs can be delivered by which business partners for an item.
Note: Either the Manufacturer Part Numbers or the MPNs by Item tab is displayed in this session.

Field Information

Item

item

Note: If the warehouse is WMS controlled, and the Inbound BOM/List Items check box is cleared for the warehouse in the WMS Interface Parameters (whwmd2105m000) session, you cannot enter a list item of the type Kit in this field.

Search Key I

search Key

Item Type

item type

Default value

This field is defaulted from the Item Type field in the Items (tcibd0501m000) session.

On the appropriate menu, you can click Date Effective Item Data to start the Date-Effective Supply Source (tcibd0110s000) session, in which you can temporarily change the item type of items of type Purchased, Manufactured, or Product.

Actual Supply Source

The supply source that is valid at the current date and time.

Note: Most of the time, this field is equal to the Default Supply Source field of the Items (tcibd0501m000) session. However, this field can have a different value if the supply source is temporarily changed, which you can perform by clicking Date Effective Item Data on the appropriate menu.

Buy-from Business Partner

buy-from business partner

Buyer

buyer

Vendor Rating

If this check box is selected, the item is included in the vendor rating process.

MPN Item

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

Note: 
  • You can select this check box only if the Manufacturer Part Numbers check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.
  • You can either work with Multiple Manufacturer Items or with MPN Items. You cannot select both functionalities for an item. The MPN Item functionality is the preferred and most extensive functionality.
  • If the warehouse is WMS controlled, and the Manufacturer Part Numbers check box is cleared for the warehouse in the WMS Interface Parameters (whwmd2105m000) session, you cannot select this check box.

Subject to Trade Compliance

If this check box is selected, global trade compliance applies to the item.

Note: This field is available only if the Import check box is selected in the Trade Management Parameters (tcgtc0100m000) session.

Purchase Unit

purchase unit

Purchase Stat. Group

statistics group

Purchase Office

purchase office

Preferred Manufacturer Part Number

The preferred manufacturer part number (MPN) for the item.

Note: The value of this check box is defaulted to the Preferred MPN check box in the Items by MPN (tdipu0149m000) session or the Manufacturer Part Numbers (tdipu0145m000) session.

Manufacturer

The manufacturer that is linked to the preferred manufacturer part number (MPN) for the item.

Note: This manufacturer is defaulted to the Manufacturer field in the Items by MPN (tdipu0149m000) session or the Manufacturer Part Numbers (tdipu0145m000) session.

Purchase Currency

purchase currency

Note: If the purchase currency is changed, the purchase prices are recalculated automatically.
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purchase price unit

Note: If the purchase price unit is changed, the purchase prices are recalculated automatically.
Purchase Price

purchase price

Note: For items with item material content this price can include the total material base price for the item.

Material Price

The total material base price for the item, expressed in the item currency.

This total material base price is retrieved as follows:

  1. The item material content is retrieved from the Item Material Content (tcmpr0120m000) session for the current date.
  2. For each material, the base price is retrieved from the Materials (tcmpr0110m000) session.
  3. A material price is calculated using the content quantity and unit, quantity factor, billable quantity factor, and base price by material.
  4. The material prices are converted to the item currency and are added together in a total material base price.
Note: 
  • This field is visible only if the Material Pricing check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0500m000) session and the Material Pricing in Procurement check box is selected in the Material Price Parameters (tcmpr0100m000) session.
  • This field is applicable for Purchased, Manufactured, or Product items.
  • This field is used for information purposes only.

Purchase Price in Home Currency

The price of the item expressed in the home currency.

The results for this field per currency system are:

  • Dependent currency system:

    This field and the View Other Currencies button are always disabled.
  • Single currency system:

    This field and the View Other Currencies button are always disabled. When the transaction currency is equal to the home currency, the price is also displayed in this field. When the transaction currency is unequal to the home currency, the price is not displayed in this field.
  • Independent currency system with a transaction currency equal to one of the three home currencies:

    You can use the View Other Currencies button to display the price in one of the two home currencies that is different from the transaction currency. You can also change the price in home currency. LN stores the price in home currency.
  • Independent currency system with a transaction currency different from the three home currencies:

    This field is always disabled. From the Tools menu, choose Rotate Currency to switch home currencies.. LN does not store the price in the home currency.
Note: For items with item material content this price can include the total material base price for the item.

Price in Home Currency

home currency

Note: From the Tools menu, choose Rotate Currency to switch home currencies.
Material Price in Home Currency

The total material base price for the item, expressed in the home currency.

This total material base price is retrieved as follows:

  1. The item material content is retrieved from the Item Material Content (tcmpr0120m000) session for the current date.
  2. For each material, the base price is retrieved from the Materials (tcmpr0110m000) session.
  3. A material price is calculated using the content quantity and unit, quantity factor, billable quantity factor, and base price by material.
  4. The material prices are converted to the home currency and are added together in a total material base price.
Note: 
  • This field is visible only if the Material Pricing check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0500m000) session and the Material Pricing in Procurement check box is selected in the Material Price Parameters (tcmpr0100m000) session.
  • This field is applicable for Purchased, Manufactured, or Product items.
  • This field is used for information purposes only.

Tax Code

tax code

Purchase Price Group

price group

Supply Time

supply time

Unit for Supply Time

The unit in which the supply time of the item is expressed.

Warehouse

warehouse

Note: 

The warehouse for this item cannot be overruled:

  • When issues and receipts are processed.
  • On a purchase order.
Release to Warehousing

If this check box is selected, the receipt of this purchased item is booked in Warehousing .

If this check box is cleared, the receipt of this purchased item is booked in the Purchase Control module.

Note: 
  • If the purchase item is a physical item, this check box is disabled and selected, because physical items must always be released to Warehousing . Physical items are all items except items of type Cost, Service, Equipment, and Subcontracted Service.
  • If the purchase item is a cost item a service item, or a Subcontracted Service, this check box is enabled. So, you can decide per item whether it is released to Warehousing or not.
  • If the purchase item is an Equipment item, this check box is always cleared and disabled.
  • This check box is used to determine whether the Warehouse field of the Purchase Order Lines (tdpur4101m000) session can be left empty.
Inspection

If this check box is selected, the item must be inspected on receipt.

Country of Origin
The code of the country in which the item is manufactured.
Note: 
  • This field is displayed only if the Country of Origin check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.
  • This field is enabled only if the Item Type field is set to Purchased, Manufactured, Product, or Tool in the Item (tcibd0501m100) session.
  • This value is defaulted from the Item Purchase Defaults (tdipu0602m000) session or the Item (tcibd0501m100) session.
Latest Purchase Price Transaction Date

The most recent date on which the item's purchase price has changed.

Average Purchase Price

The average purchase price which is based on cumulative purchases or on the current inventory, as specified in the Method of Calculating Average Purchase Price field of the Purchase Order Parameters (tdpur0100m400) session.

Average Purchase Price in Home Currency

The average purchase price expressed in one of the company's three home currencies.

Note: From the Tools menu, choose Rotate Currency to switch home currencies.
Latest Purchase Price

The purchase price that is displayed on the most recent invoice received for the concerned purchased item.

Latest Purchase Price in Home Currency

The latest purchase price expressed in one of the company's three home currencies.

Note: From the Tools menu, choose Rotate Currency to switch home currencies.
Latest Landed Cost Transaction Date

The most recent date on which the item's landed cost was changed.

Average Landed Cost

An item's average landed cost, which is based on cumulative purchases or on the current inventory, as specified in the Method of Calculating Average Landed Cost field of the Landed Costs Parameters (tclct0100m000) session.

Average Landed Costs in Home Currency

The average landed cost expressed in one of the company's three home currencies.

Note: From the Tools menu, choose Rotate Currency to switch home currencies.
Latest Landed Cost

An item's latest landed cost.

Latest Landed Cost in Home Currency

The latest landed cost expressed in one of the company's three home currencies.

Note: From the Tools menu, choose Rotate Currency to switch home currencies.
Item Subcontracting
Subcontracting Purchase Price

The purchase price of a subcontracted item or subassembly, expressed in the purchase currency.

Note: For item subcontracting, the subcontracting purchase price is always based on the Price Book / Contract method.

Price in Home Currency

The purchase price of a subcontracted item or subassembly, expressed in the home currency.

Note: For item subcontracting, the subcontracting purchase price is always based on the Price Book / Contract method.

Operation Subcontracting
Source of Price

The method used to calculate the item's subcontracting purchase price or subcontracting standard cost.

Allowed values

Subcontracting Rate

The subcontracting price is calculated based on the Rate Base in the Subcontracting Rates (ticpr1160m000) details session.

The following calculation methods are used:

  • Unit
  • Operation Rate
  • Man Hour Rate
  • Machine Hour Rate

For more information, refer to Subcontracting rates.

Price Book / Contract

The subcontracting price is retrieved from:

For more information, refer to Subcontracting purchase prices.

Reference Activity

The subcontracting price is retrieved from Service .

Subcontracting Purchase Price

The purchase price of a subcontracted item or subassembly, expressed in the purchase currency.

Note: 

This field is also used to calculate the subcontracting operation costs in the Standard Cost Calculation module of Manufacturing .

For operation subcontracting, this price is used if the Source of Price for Operation Subcontracting field is set to Price Book / Contract. If the Source of Price for Operation Subcontracting is set to Subcontracting Rate, this price is not used; except if you perform a price recalculation for the purchase order.

Price in Home Currency

The purchase price of a subcontracted item or subassembly, expressed in the home currency.

Note: 

This field is also used to calculate the subcontracting operation costs in the Cost Accounting module of Manufacturing .

For operation subcontracting, this price is used if the Source of Price for Operation Subcontracting field is set to Price Book / Contract. If the Source of Price for Operation Subcontracting is set to Subcontracting Rate, this price is not used; except if you perform a price recalculation for the purchase order.

Requisition Mandatory

If this check box is selected, and an operation must be subcontracted for a production order, before generating a subcontracting purchase order, first a subcontracting purchase requisition must be generated from Job Shop Control .

If this check box is cleared, Job Shop Control can generate a subcontracting purchase order for the operation. No purchase requisition is required.

Service Subcontracting
Source of Price

The method used to calculate the item's purchase price for service subcontracting.

Allowed values

Subcontracting Rate

The subcontracting price is calculated based on the Rate Base in the Subcontracting Rates (ticpr1160m000) details session.

The following calculation methods are used:

  • Unit
  • Operation Rate
  • Man Hour Rate
  • Machine Hour Rate

For more information, refer to Subcontracting rates.

Price Book / Contract

The subcontracting price is retrieved from:

For more information, refer to Subcontracting purchase prices.

Reference Activity

The subcontracting price is retrieved from Service .

Subcontracting Purchase Price

The service subcontracting purchase price, expressed in the purchase currency.

Note: For service subcontracting, this price is used if the Source of Price for Operation Subcontracting field is set to Price Book / Contract. If the Source of Price for Operation Subcontracting is set to Reference Activity, this price is not used; except if you perform a price recalculation for the purchase order.

Price in Home Currency

The service subcontracting purchase price, expressed in the home currency.

Note: For service subcontracting, this price is used if the Source of Price for Operation Subcontracting field is set to Price Book / Contract. If the Source of Price for Operation Subcontracting is set to Reference Activity, this price is not used; except if you perform a price recalculation for the purchase order.

Requisition Mandatory for Service Subcontracting

If this check box is selected, and service subcontracting is applicable, before generating a subcontracting purchase order, first a subcontracting purchase requisition is generated from a work order activity or service order activity in Service .

If this check box is cleared, Service can generate a subcontracting purchase order for the work order activity or service order activity. No purchase requisition is required.

Date Tolerance (-)

delivery date tolerance (-)

Note: Deliveries under this limit will be signaled/blocked.
Date Tolerance (+)

delivery date tolerance (+)

Note: Deliveries over this limit will be signaled/blocked.
Quantity Tolerance (-)

The percentage that the received quantity may be less than the ordered quantity.

Quantity Tolerance (+)

The percentage that the received quantity may be more than the ordered quantity.

Hard Stop on Date

The way in which LN must react to a receipt that do not meet the time tolerances.

Note: 

This field is defaulted to the Hard Stop on Time field of the Inbound Order Lines (whinh2110m000) session, when:

  • A purchase order is released to warehousing in the Release Purchase Orders to Warehousing (tdpur4246m000) session.
  • A purchase schedule is released to warehousing in the Regenerate Schedules (tdpur3211m000) session.

Allowed values

No

You always can save the outbound advice, because LN ignores the set tolerances.

Warn

You can save the outbound advice, but you receive a warning if the tolerances are not met.

Block

You cannot save the outbound advice if the tolerances are not met.

Hard Stop on Quantity

The way in which LN must react to a receipt that does not meet the quantity tolerances.

Note: 

This field is is defaulted to the Hard Stop on Quantity field of the Inbound Order Lines (whinh2110m000) session, when:

  • A purchase order is released to warehousing in the Release Purchase Orders to Warehousing (tdpur4246m000) session.
  • A purchase schedule is released to warehousing in the Regenerate Schedules (tdpur3211m000) session.

Allowed values

No

You always can save the outbound advice, because LN ignores the set tolerances.

Warn

You can save the outbound advice, but you receive a warning if the tolerances are not met.

Block

You cannot save the outbound advice if the tolerances are not met.

Purchase Schedule in use

If this check box is selected, orders for the item are issued according to a purchase schedule.

You can select this check box only for items of these types:

  • Purchased
  • Manufactured
  • Product

If you change this check box and you already defined the item data in the Items (tcibd0501m000) session or the Item Defaults (tcibd0102m000) session, you must redefine the order system in the item data.

Schedule Type

The type of purchase schedule.

Allowed values

Accessories Allowed

If this check box is selected, accessories are defined for this item.

Deliver by Specified Suppliers Only

If this check box is selected, the buy-from business partner selected on the purchase order/document must be an approved supplier for the item. This means that the Item - Buy-from Business Partner status field must be set to Approved in the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session.

The following settings determine if you can create a purchase order line:

Value of the Deliver by Specified Suppliers Only check box in the Items - Purchase (tdipu0101m000) session selected selected selected cleared cleared
Existence of a record in Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session no yes + approved yes + not approved no yes + approved
Creation of a purchase order line no yes no yes yes
Note: If a record is blocked in the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session, you cannot create a purchase order line for the relevant item - business partner combination.
Item applicable for Retro-Billing

Indicates if retro-billing is applicable for the item.

Note: 
  • This field is displayed only if the Retro-Billing check box is selected in the Procurement Parameters (tdpur0100m000) session.
  • This setting is defaulted from the Item Purchase Defaults (tdipu0102m000) session.
Multiple Manufacturer Item

If this check box is selected, you can maintain multiple manufacturers for an item - business partner combination. If this check box is cleared, you can define only 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.

Note: 
  • If this check box is selected, you can enter item manufacturer information in the Item - Manufacturer (tdipu0130m000) session and define a preferred manufacturer for the item supplier combination in the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session.
  • You can either work with Multiple Manufacturer Items or with MPN Items. You cannot select both functionalities for an item. The MPN Item functionality is the preferred and most extensive functionality.

Effective Date by Change Order

If this check box is selected, you indicate that the effectivity of the item manufacturer combination is controlled by Data Management .

In this case, the following fields in the Item - Manufacturer (tdipu0130m000) session cannot be defined manually, but are Data Management controlled:

  1. Effective Date
  2. Expiry Date
  3. Status
  4. Blocking Reason

Multiple Change Orders

If this check box is selected, you allow LN to simultaneously store multiple change orders for a manufacturer before processing them.

Multiple Manufacturer Item Check

Use this field to select the type for checking the manufacturer's validity.

Note: This check box only applies if the Multiple Manufacturer Item check box is selected in the Items - Purchase (tdipu0101m000) session.

Allowed values

Item-Manufacturer

The manufacturer's validity is checked in the Item - Manufacturer (tdipu0130m000) session.

Item-Manufacturer and Business Partner

The manufacturer's validity is checked in the Item - Manufacturer and Business Partner (tdipu0135m000) session.

Purchase Item Text

If this check box is selected, a purchase text is added to the item.