View purchase suggestion from s50017

Set a criteria that determines the purchase quantity for a material transaction. Purchase quantity is the quantity of material transferred to a purchase order.

1. Navigate to the s50017 Buyers Queue screen.

2. In the Current Buyer control block, perform one of the following:

   • From the Authorised Buyer dropdown, select the ID of the required buyer.

   • From the Buyers Group dropdown, select the ID of the required buyers group.

   Note: To display all the TMRs related to the selected buyer or the buyers group, select the Only Related checkbox.

3. To refresh the screen, select the F5 key.

4. Select the Material Status tab, in the Material Status grid, select a row.

5. On the s50017 menu, in the View Details group, select Purchase Suggestion.

   The d0232 Purchase Suggestion dialog appears.

6. In the Split line items by section, select one of the following:

   • Nothing (Apply full requirement on critical date): The total required quantity is entered as the Pur. Quan. on the first requirement transaction having a balance below the Reorder Point (ROP).

   • System: The transactions are grouped by systems, the quantities are added and entered as the Pur.Quan. for the transaction where the dates are critical.

   • Activity: Transactions are grouped by activities, the quantities are added and entered as the Pur.Quan. for the transaction where the dates are critical.

   • Individual Requirements: The required quantity values are distributed individually among all the transactions whose balance is below the ROP.

7. (Optional) In the Requirements to include/exclude section, perform one of the following:

   • To include unscheduled requirements in the purchase suggestion, select the Include unscheduled requirements (Transactions without dates) checkbox.

   • To exclude requirements, in the Exclude requirements placed after days (+material lead time) field, enter the number of days.

8. Select Ok.

   The purchase quantity for the material transaction is updated.