Purchase User Creating PO Using ME21N

Usage: To create Purchase Order (PO)

Menu Path:

Logistics > Materials Management > Purchasing > Purchase Order > Create > Vendor Known

Transaction Code:

ME21N / ME22N/ME23N – Change/Display

Input Fields

Header Data:

Data pertaining to all the items in the purchase order

Item Overview data:

Item wise details with reference to the procurement aspects will be given as input here

Item Details data:

Individual item conditions and details can be maintained here.

Vendor - Enter the Vendor name (code)
Document  type - NB1- Domestic PO
Purchase Order Date
Purchase Order (PO) - System will generates automatically

Organizational Data:

Purchasing Organization - Enter company Purchasing Org.
Purchasing Group - Enter Purchaser Group code
Company Code - Enter company code

Item Overview

Item category 

  • blank - Standard
  • K - Consignment
  • L - Subcontracting
  • S - Third Party 
Account Assignment 

Category 

  • A - Asset
  • F - order
  • K – Cost Center
  • P - Project
Material Code - Enter material to be purchase 
PO quantity - Enter quantity to buy 
Delivery Date - Select the Appropriate delivery date
Plant - Enter plant 
Storage Location - Enter material storage location 
Material Group - Material grouping category 

Item details

Details of individual items with reference to following can be given:

Material data - vendor material no; batch; infoupdate and so on
Qty and Wt
Delivery
Conditions
Texts and so on…
Save the document

Result:

After saving the document, “PO created under the number xxxxxxxxxx” number will be displayed on status bar.
 

Self Test Questions:

1) Which of the following exhibit 1: many relationship

a. Business area to plant
b. Plant to Sales organization / distribution channel
c. Plant to shipping points
d. Shipping point to plant
e. Plant to Purchase Organization.
 

2) Which of the following always exhibit 1:1 relationship

a. Purchase organization to to company code
b. Sales organization to company code
c. Sales organization / distribution channel to plant
e. Storage location to plant
f. Purchasing group to Purchasing organization

Correct Answers:

1) a, b, e

2) a, b

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