2103058 - Task – Escalation: Assign Supplier to Purchase Request or Escalation:Create Purchase order in purchase request

System raises an escalation task Escalation: Assign Supplier to Purchase Request or escalation task Escalation:Create Purchase order in purchase request

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1. Got to the Purchase Requests and Orders work center
2. Go to the Purchase Requests view
3. Show Open Tasks and select Go
4. You can see the task with escalation status

The system raises this escalation task because the due date of the task has been reached and the task is not completed. The system escalates the task because the planned ordering date maintained in the purchase request has been reached. The due date of this tasks in calculated from the Planned ordered date on the Purchase Request. This type of task always has high priority. The due date is always the same day.

Note: The planned ordered date is a calculated field and value of planned ordered date is derived as below:

1. Get default from supply chain and never change it
2. Get lead time from purchasing contract if assigned
3. Get lead time from product if available
4. Take five days before delivery period start date

The task is relevant for the manager who is working on the operational purchasing org unit maintained in the purchase request or any alternative approver for the operational purchasing org unit or cost center. The relevant manager receives this task in the Inbox subview of the Work view of the Home work center. The alternative approvers receive this task in the Approvals view of the Managing My Area work center.

In case in purchase request you see under Basic details sub tab no purchasing unit is not available  then as a fall back rule system sends the task to all users who has access to Purchase request and order work center .

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