A request for order quotation is a request of a price quotation for a component or an outside operation related to a product item within an estimate tree structure. A request for order quotation also requests a projected date of delivery. Often, need to send requests for order quotations to several suppliers for expensive- or new parts or outside operations in order to include figures which are as correct as possible in the estimate. To create a request for order quotation, click Quotation, then Create Request for Order Quotation.
You can create a request for order quotation from a product header or a component line representing a purchased part or an outside operation. Once the request for order quotation is created, you need to navigate to the Request for Order Quotation page to continue processing the request.
Note: The intention is to quote one or several suppliers for a price to be used as cost for a purchased part or an outside operation. There is never any intention to create a purchase order based on the approved order quotation.
As a result of this activity a request for order quotation line is created and pegged to a component line or outside operation.