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.