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Question:
I would like to know if SAP provides a feature whereby a person would create a requisition and then a purchase order would be created and sent to a supplier without intervention from anyone in purchasing. I know that this is presently possible if the requisitioner uses a material number that describes what he wants to purchase. But, will this be possible without use of a material number? I would presume that vendors that could have purchase orders sent to them in this way would be identified in SAP. So, anytime a requisitioner used a vendor code in the requisition for one of these preselected vendors a purchase order would be sent to them without use of a material number and without intervention from someone in purchasing.
Answer:
Hi,
This can be done if you are using the e-Procurement option where in this case, Ariba solution will be integrated with SAP R/3. Once PR is fully released/approved, the automatic creation of PO is made and the PO will then be sent at the same time to the vendor through Ariba Services Network. In standard SAP R/3, the only automatic creation of PO from PR is via Transaction ME59. However, it is a must that the material number must be identified and the source determination must be made during PR creation. Of course, this ME59 Transaction can be set in background job running which, therefore, does not require any humans intervention.
Cheers,
HT
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