Setting up contract/blanket orders

This recipe demonstrates setting up the Blanket Order activity rule and Blanket Order application Processing Options.

Getting ready

You should set up the order activity rule for Blanket Order in order to set up the processing options for the Blanket Order Entry application P4310.

How to do it...

  1. Set up the Order Activity Rule for Purchase Requisition via the G43A41 menu.
  2. Enter the Document Type for Blanket Order as OB, and the Line Type as S.
  3. Enter Order Activity for Blanket Order; the following screenshot shows the standard purchase requisition Order Activity Rule.
    How to do it...
  4. Select Procurement and Subcontract Management | Daily Processing | Stock Based Purchasing | Purchase Order Processing, click the arrow next on Enter Blanket Order (P4310), and then select Values.
  5. Enter Order Type OB in the Order Type field in the Default tab that exists in the Document Type - All Documents (00/DT) UDC to specify the default value for the order type. The system populates the Order Type field of the Order Header form with this value.
  6. Enter Beginning Status 210 in the Default tab that exists in the Activity/Status Codes (40/AT) UDC, in order to specify the default value for the beginning status for the order. The value that you enter must be set up for the order type and the line type.
  7. On the Order Inquiry tab, enter 210 in the From Status Code field, and 999 in the Thru Status Code field.
How to do it...

How it works...

When you set up the Processing Options for P4310 Enter Blanket Order, the system distinguishes a blanket order by its order type and the order activity rules. For example, when you work with a blanket order, you usually enter an order type of OB (Blanket Order). The system is working based on the document type, line types, activity rules, and status codes that you set up for requisition processing options. The system reads the set-up information from the processing options. On the Default tab, when you enter a Beginning Status of 210 the system will pick the Next Status from Order Activity Setup. On the Interface tab, you set the quantity update to 1, which indicates that when you enter the blanket order, the system will store the item quant ity on the Other OP field in the item location table for location item quantity in the Item Availability Inquiry.

There's more...

You can use the Override Next Status field if you want to skip the status in the Order Activity table.

See also

  • Setting up order activity rules
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