Purchase Order Intake Workbench (tdpur4601m200)

Use this session to filter the purchase order lines that require a buyer's attention and to execute the appropriate actions on the lines. For example, order lines for which specific activities are yet to be executed, or lines with unconfirmed data or backorder quantities.

Note: When you access this session, the count for each filter is displayed as 0. You must use the Refresh Total option to view the updated counts.

Filters

You can use these filters to display the appropriate selection of orders and order lines:

General
By Purchase Office, Buyer, Buy-from Business Partner, Item, or by a combination of these fields.
Lines ready for
By (next) activity to be executed.
Miscellaneous
By unconfirmed potential backorders, or unconfirmed purchase order lines.
Change Requests ready for
By (next) activity to be executed, if change requests are applicable.

Note:

The check marks next to the filter options indicate the filters that are activated.
The count fields display the number of lines for the filter. This number is displayed irrespective of the activation of the filter.

Tabs

The orders and order lines that match the activated filters are displayed on these tabs:

Order Lines
Refers to the Purchase Order Intake Lines (tdpur4101m500) session. When you double-click a line, the Purchase Order Lines (tdpur4101m000) session is started.
Backorder Lines
Refers to the Purchase Backorder Lines (tdpur4101m900) session. When you double-click a line, the Potential Purchase Backorders (tdpur4101m700) session is started.
Purchase Orders
Refers to the Purchase Orders Intake (tdpur4100m100) session. When you double-click a line or click the New button, the Purchase Order (tdpur4100m900) session is started.
Change Requests
Refers to the Purchase Order Change Requests Intake (tdpur4100m600) session. When you double-click a line, the Purchase Order Change Request (tdpur4600m000) session is started.

Field Information

General

Purchase Office: purchase office
Buyer: buyer
Buy-from Business Partner: buy-from business partner
Item: item
Order Lines: The total number of purchase order lines that are displayed, based on the General filter.

Lines ready for

Approve

If a check mark is displayed, order lines that are ready for approval are displayed.

Click Approve to activate or deactivate this filter.

Count

The count of the lines for the filter, which is displayed irrespective of the activation of the filter.

Print Acknowledgement

If a check mark is displayed, order lines that are ready for printing an order acknowledgment are displayed.

Click Print Order to activate or deactivate this filter.

Release to Warehousing

If a check mark is displayed, order lines that are ready for releasing to Warehousing are displayed.

Click Release to Warehousing to activate or deactivate this filter.

Release Manual Activities

If a check mark is displayed, order lines that are ready for releasing a manual activity are displayed.

Click Release Manual Activities to activate or deactivate this filter.

Miscellaneous

Confirm Backorders

If a check mark is displayed, order lines that have yet to be confirmed potential backorders are displayed.

Click Confirm Backorders to activate or deactivate this filter.

Order Confirmations

If a check mark is displayed, order lines with data that is yet to be confirmed by the supplier are displayed.

Note: Confirmations are applicable only if the Use Confirmation (Purchase) check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.

Change Requests ready for

Approve

If a check mark is displayed, change requests that are ready for approval are displayed.

Click Approve to activate or deactivate this filter.

Process

If a check mark is displayed, change requests that are ready for processing are displayed.

Click Process to activate or deactivate this filter.

Delivery Performance

If vendor ratings are calculated for the buy-from business partner, this graph displays the on-time delivery performance of the business partner by period. The graph is displayed when you select an order line.

The rating is based on this data:

The criterion type, Delivery
The last 13 periods
The Adjusted Rating

Note:

You must update the vendor ratings regularly to display accurate ratings.
You can view a business partner's ratings in the Vendor Ratings by Period (tdpur8102m000) and Vendor Ratings by Criterion (tdpur8102m100) sessions.