Enter Purchase Groups
Explanation
This activity is used to enter a purchase group for grouping purchase parts.
These purchase groups later function as a statistical tool to obtain statistical
reports in queries and printouts, as well as control types for posting control.
For no-number part lines, purchase groups determine the posting rules.
You can include the site-specific customs statistic number for a non-inventory
part in the purchase group. It is, however, not possible to attach several site-specific
customs statistic numbers to a given purchase group.
Examples of usage together with other features:
- You can specify a purchase group for a purchase part in the
General tab in the
Purchase Part page. If a purchase group
is connected to a purchase part, the over delivery tolerance specified for
the purchase group will be considered in an instance where the purchase
part is not assigned with a over delivery tolerance percentage.
- You can use the purchase groups as a selection method when changing
supplier for purchase parts in the
Change Supplier
for Parts dialog.
- You can use purchase groups together with authorization rules in the
Purchase Requisition
Authorization Rule page.
- You can use the purchase group for entering discounts and additional
costs from a specified supplier. For the combination of supplier and purchase
group, you can define discount and additional cost. These terms will be
used for all purchase parts bought from the supplier if the purchase part
is connected to the purchase group. This is valid unless there is information
entered with a higher priority.
Prerequisites
No specific prerequisites.
System Effects
The purchase group for grouping purchase parts is entered. Note that the
purchase group ID cannot be changed after saving the record. It is then available
in the List of Values.