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The reference purchasing organization RORG, which belongs to head office in Atlanta, has negotiated a comprehensive contract for the material Steel bolt 01 with favorable conditions with vendor Smith Corp.
The purchasing organization EORG, responsible for procurement in the Houston and Austin plants, wants to issue release orders for the material Steel bolt 01 against this contract. Purchasing organization EORG procures other consumable materials from regional suppliers.
Prerequisites:
Before the purchasing organization EORG can issue release orders against the above contract, the following settings and data must have been maintained:
Maintaining Customizing Settings
- Both purchasing organizations are maintained in Customizing for the Enterprise Structure under Definition → Materials Management → Maintain Purchasing Organization.
- The reference purchasing organization RORG can be maintained with or without a company code and plant(s).
- The purchasing organization EORG is assigned to company code 1000 and the two plants.
- Purchasing organization RORG is maintained as the reference purchasing organization for the purchasing organization EORG in Customizing for the Enterprise Structure (→ Assignment → Materials Management → Assign Purch. Organization to Reference Purch. Organization).
Entering Application and Master Data
- The vendor Smith Corp. is maintained for both purchasing organizations.
- The material Steel bolt 01 is maintained for the plants Houston and Austin.
- A centrally agreed contract has been created without a plant by the reference purchasing organization RORG.
Steps to Assign purchasing organization to reference purchasing organization in SAP
IMG Path: SPRO >> SAP Reference IMG(F5) >> Enterprise structure >> Assignment >> Materials Management >> Assign purchasing organisation to reference purchasing organization
Step 1:- Follow IMG Path and click “Assign purchasing organisation to reference purchasing organization”
Step 2:- Click on “New Entries” and make the entries for assignment
Step 3:- In next screen, enter the following information
- In the purchasing organisation field enter your purchase organization code
- Enter the reference purchase organization code
- Release order specifies that release orders issued against contracts set up by the reference purchasing organizations
- Conditions under reference data check the conditions of the reference purchasing organization to be accessed.
Step 4:- Choose save icon to save the configured data.
Now, we have successfully done with “How to Assign purchasing organization to reference purchasing organization in SAP”.
How to Assign purchasing organization to reference purchasing organization in SAP
