Create Purchase Request      

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This page allows you to create Purchase Request (PR). Tell me more.  

The “Create Purchase Request” page appears.

The system displays the following in the header

Status

The status of the PR

PR No.

A unique number identifying the Purchase Request document. Leave this field blank if you want the system to generate the number. (Alphanumeric, 18) Mandatory

PR Date

The date on which the Purchase Request has been raised. The system defaults this field to Server Date and you can modify the date. (Date Format) Mandatory

Numbering Series

Use the drop-down list box to specify the numbering series with which the PR Number must be generated by the system. If you select the  “Manual” option, you have to enter the PR No. in the “PR No.” field. If set as any other predefined series, the system would generate the unique Purchase Request number.

Type

Use the drop-down list box to specify the type of the Purchase Request. This can be “General”, “Capital” or “Drop ship”. Mandatory

 
  • Drop Ship – Indicates that the drop ship details must be provided in the “Specify Drop Ship Address” page

 
  • General – Indicates the PR is general type. A general PR can be used to buy items of any type except capital

 
  • Capital – Indicates that the proposal details must be specified in the “Specify Budget and Proposal Details” page. A capital PR can be used to buy items of types that can be capitalized. It means that all item types except raw materials, intermediate, finished good, scrap and pack

Mode

Use the drop-down list box to specify the mode in which the Purchase Request must be authorized.   This can be “Normal” or “Express”. If the mode specified is “Express”, the Purchase Request must be authorized with priority and on Authorization, a Purchase Order will be created automatically with reference to the Purchase Request. Supplier Information needs to be specified if the PR is in “Express” Mod

Folder

Use the drop-down list box to specify the folder by which the Purchase Request document is referred within the company. The drop-down lists all the “Purchase Request Folder(s)” in the “Type Setup” component

Requester ID

The unique code identifying the requester of the items in the PR (Alphanumeric, 25)

 

Help facility available.

The system displays the following information in the “PR Details” group box

Requester Name

The name of the person who is raising the request. On entering the requester ID, the system fetches the corresponding requester name.

Hold

Select/Deselect the checkbox to put the document in the “hold” status. When the document is put in the “hold” status the document cannot be approved for further processing. It can be used in cases where the document is complete and is liable to be pulled by the Authorizer

 

The system displays the following fields in the Header:

PR Origin

The Ramco Application from which the PR has been raised. For example, Inventory, Discrete Production, Enterprise Asset management or Purchase

Order At

Use the drop-down list box to specify the Organizational Unit from which the Items are ordered. Mandatory The value set in the system parameter "Default Ordering Location" is displayed as the default value

Receipt At

Use the drop-down list box to specify the Organizational Unit in which the line Items are to be received. Mandatory The value set in the system parameter "Default Receipt at" is displayed as the default value

Currency

Use the drop-down list box to select the currency in which the Purchase Request should be generated.

The system displays the following fields in the Header:

PR Value (Transaction Currency)

The total value of the Purchase Request. This will be the sum of the cost of all Items in the multiline. This will be displayed on submitting the document.

PR Value (Transaction Currency )  = Sum [Quantity *(Cost / Per)]

PR Value (Base Currency)

The total value of the Purchase Request in application base currency.

PR Value (Base Currency) = PR Value (Transaction Currency) * Exchange rate between the PR transaction currency selected by the user and the application base currency.                              

Approval Date

The date on which the Purchase Request is approved. This must be entered if you want to approve the Purchase Request in this page itself. (Date Format) Mandatory

Remarks

In this filed the user can enter any remarks regarding the Purchase Request, if any. (Alphanumeric, 255)

Need Date

The date on which the Item is needed by the requester. . (Date Format) If the Schedule type is “Staggered”, then the need date would be filled in the Schedule Type page where multiple delivery dates can be specified for a particular item. This field will be filled automatically if the “default entries” task is executed.

Drop Ship ID

The address ID of the Customer specified in Sales for whom the Items are to be delivered by the Supplier. This should be entered if the Purchase Request is of type “Drop ship”. (Alphanumeric, 16)

 

Help facility available

Budget ID

Unique identifier for a particular Budget associated with the purchase of the Line-Item (Alphanumeric, 6)

 

Help facility available.

Proposal No.

The unique ID of the proposal in which the Items are mapped. This should be entered if the Purchase Request is of type “Capital”. (Alphanumeric, 6)

 

Help facility available.

Accounting Unit

Use the drop-down list box to select the Accounting Unit of the GR. The Accounting Unit is the finance book, which contains various accounts into which the financial entries pertaining to the transactions are maintained. The drop down lists all the finance books that are mapped to the Receipt OUs that are mapped to the GR Login OU.

CC Usage

Use the drop-down list box to specify the Cost Center Usage for which the Purchase Request has been initiated. The corresponding cost center for the combination of the selected CC usage and other parameters would have been defined in the “Cost Rule Definition” component in Finance.

AC Usage

Use the drop-down list box to specify the Account Usage Code to which the Items in the Purchase Request are to be mapped. The corresponding Account Code for the selected Account Usage would have been defined in the “Account Rule Definition” component in Finance.

Analysis Code

The analysis code mapped to the Account code identified by the Account Rule Definition/Account Usage. It is used for analysis purposes. (Alphanumeric, 5)

 

Help facility available.

Sub-Analysis Code

The sub analysis code mapped to the Analysis code. (Alphanumeric, 5)

Customer Code

The unique code identifying the customer for whom the line items specified in the PR are requested.

Item Code

The code of the Item that is needed by you.. (Alphanumeric, 32) Mandatory

 

Help facility available.

Variant Code

The variant of the Item code. This will be fetched if help on Item code is taken. (Alphanumeric, 4) Mandatory

Desc.

The description of the Item Code/ Item Code & Variant. This will be retrieved if help on item code is taken. (Alphanumeric, 150) Mandatory In case of Adhoc Item only Description is specified without Item Code & Variant.

Required Qty.

The quantity of the Item required by you.. (Integer) Mandatory

UOM

The unit of measurement in which the Item is requested. (Alphanumeric, 15) Mandatory

 

Help facility available.

Cost

The Actual cost of the requested item for making a purchase. It gets defaulted from the Item component if it is unspecified by you. (Integer) Mandatory

Per

The number of units of the item to which the cost is specified (Integer)

Schedule Type

Use the drop-down list box to specify the type of schedule in which the Items are to be delivered by the Supplier. This can be “Single” or “Multiple”. If the schedule type specified is “Multiple”, you must specify the schedule details in the “Specify Delivery Schedule and Usage” page. Mandatory

Need Date

The date on which the Item is needed by the requester (Date Format) This will be defaulted with the value entered in the Header. You can modify the date. Mandatory

The system displays the following fields in the multiline:

Supplier Code

The unique code identifying the supplier of the PR

Name

Name of the Supplier.

Preferred Supplier Code

The code of the Supplier whom you prefer to supply the Items. (Alphanumeric, 16) Mandatory

 

Press <Enter> Key

 

Help facility available

The system displays the following fields in the multiline:

Preferred Supplier Name

Name of the Supplier.

Drg Revision No

The revision number of the Drawing of the Item if the item has been structurally revised. (Alphanumeric, 3)

Ref.  Doc.

Type

Use the drop-down list box to select the Document on which Purchase Request is referring to. The combo is loaded with options “None”, “DP Workorder”, “Maintenance Plan”,” Maintenance Workorder”, “Material Request” and “Stock Maintenance”. The system displays “None” by default on launch of the page.

Ref. Doc. Line No.

Line number of the Reference Document. (Alphanumeric, 20)

Ref.  Doc.  No.

The number of the document to which Purchase Request refers. (Integer, 8)

Adhoc Item Class

Use the drop-down list box to specify the classification under which the non-codified items are defined. (Alphanumeric, 25) These class codes are defined in “Type Master” component.

Note : The reference document details can be changed provided they are not from EAM or DP

The system displays the following:

Total Value

The total value of the line item

AC Usage

Use the drop-down list box to specify the Account Usage Code to which the Items in the Purchase Request are to be mapped. The corresponding Account Code for the selected Account Usage would have been defined in the “Account Rule Definition” component in Finance.

 

Help facility available.

CC Usage

Use the drop-down list box to specify the Cost Center Usage for which the Purchase Request has been initiated. The corresponding cost center for the combination of the selected CC usage and other parameters would have been defined in the “Cost Rule Definition” component in Finance.

 

Help facility available.

The system displays the following:

Drawing No

The number identifying the document containing the drawing reference

The system displays a success message.

The Purchase Request will be created and approved and is eligible for Request for Quotation or Purchase Order.

The PR No will be manually specified or auto generated and the Status of the document will be updated as “Approved”.

The system displays a success message.

The PR No will be manually specified or auto generated and the Status of the document will be updated as “Draft”/”Fresh”. If all the mandatory fields are filled in properly, then the status is “Fresh”. If some of the fields are left blank during the creation, then the status is set as “Draft

The system displays the following :

Created By

The Login ID of the user who created the PR

Created Date

The date on which the PR created

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Create Purchase Request – An Overview

Activity overview

This page allows you to create Purchase Request (PR). This page allows you to specify the type of PR, the OU where PR is raised, the application from which the PR is raised, the OU where the items in the PR needs to be received, the approval date of the PR, the code identifying the requester of the items in the PR, the date on which the items is needed by the requester, code identifying the drop ship location for the item, the number of units of the item required.              

You put the PR in to the hold state so that it cannot be authorized. You can approve the PR in this page for further processing if it is of “Normal” type, has single schedules for all its items and does not have any quality specification.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prerequisites

Mandatory

Conditionally Mandatory