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SAP MM User Manual: Purchasing

Find below link to a very comprehensive Purchasing manual for most commonly used proccesses in SAP MM. Content of this step-by-step guide is as following;

  • Purchase requisition: Create Purchase Requisition for Account Assignment, Asset, Non Valuated materials, Stock materials [ME51N], Change Purchase Requisition [ME52N], Display Purchase Requisition [ME53N], Assign source of supply to requisitions [ME56]
  • Request for Quotation: Create Quotation [ME41], Maintain Quotation [ME47], Display Quotation [ME48], RFQ Comparison [ME49], Message Output RFQ [ME9A]
  • Contract/APO: Create Contract with reference to PR [ME31K], Create Contract with reference to RFQ [ME31K], Change Contract [ME32K], Display Contract [ME33K]
  • Purchase Order/Release Order: Create Purchase Order for Account Assignment Asset, Non Valuated materials, Stock materials, Subcontracting & Repair [ME21N], Change Purchase Order [ME22N], Display Purchase Order [ME23N]

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Step by Step Manual to Purchase Requisition in SAP

Purchase requisitions are SAP-internal documents created in requirements planning to request the purchasing department to procure a particular quantity of a material or service for a particular date.

The purchase requisition can be created either manually by the department in charge or automatically by material requirements planning (MRP). The SAP system transfers data from the material master to the purchase requisition when creating a purchase requisition. The purchasing department converts the purchase requisition in either a request for quotation (RFQ) or a purchase order.

This document provides step-by-step documentation with screenshots & descriptions to Purchase Requisition process in SAP:

  • Purchase Requisitions – Customizing your Desktop Settings
  • Creating A Purchase Requisition Use Transaction ME51N
  • Searching for “des vendor” in Item Overview portion of screen
  • Finding Vendor Address
  • Ordering for grant or project accounts
  • Creating purchase requisitions with more than 1 line item
  • Saving Your Purchase Requisition
  • Using Document Overview (Transaction ME53N)
  • Ensuring Correct Settings to Use Document Overview
  • Adding Additional Data Fields To Your Document Overview
  • Duplicating A Purchase Requisition
  • Checking the Status of a Purchase Requisition using Document Overview
  • To View History of All Your Purchase Requisitions
  • Viewing Purchase Order History for Specific Cost Center or WBS Element

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User Guide to Purchase Requisition Management in SAP MM

Purchase requisition in SAP is a document which is created by purchase department prior to the purchase process.
After completing this material, you will be able to:

  • Use transaction ME51N, ME52N and ME53N for purchase requisitions
  • Create a purchase requisition without a material
  • Create a purchase requisition with a material
  • Create a purchase requisition for a service

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