Symptom
In the Purchase Order, the Contract as a Source of Supply is not picked up automatically.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center.
- Go to Purchase Orders view.
- Click in New button to create a Purchase Order for an item.
- Navigate to Assign Source of Supply tab.
Here you can see the Contract as a Source of Supply is not picked up automatically. However there is a Contract item that is relevant, active and valid.
Cause
In case if there is minimum order quantity N maintained on the contract, the system works as follows.
- Purchase Order item with quantity less than N it will not be assigned automatically;
- Purchase order item with exactly equal to or more than the quantity N then the source of supply will be assigned automatically.
Resolution
System is working as designed.
Keywords
Purchase Order; Contract; Source of Supply , KBA , AP-PCP , Purchasing Contract Processing , How To
Product
SAP Business ByDesign all versions