3624373 - System Has Not Created Third-Party Purchase Request For An Externally Sourced Sales Order

The system has not created a Third-Party Purchase request for an externally sourced Sales order.

Customer Requirement.

1. Go to Sales Orders work center.
2. Navigate to the Sales Orders view.
3. Search and select the sales order .
4. Choose the Edit button and Select the View All button in Sales Order overview screen.
5. Navigate to the Document Flow tab.

You can see for the Open sales order the system has not created a purchase request or a purchase order even though the fulfillment for the line items are External.

A purchasing contract or list price for one or more suppliers from which the product can be delivered has not been created in the Sourcing and Contracting work center.

Ensure a valid List price or Contract exists for the supplier from which the product in sales order can be delivered. The system will create purchase requests for newly created sales orders for the product with External Fulfillment as source of supply.

For existing orders, follow the steps below:

1. Open the existing Sales Order in Edit view .
2. Navigate to the Items tab.
3. Choose the Assign Source of Supply button and assign the external source of supply which the business user created.
4. Execute Check Availability, you can see the availability will be confirmed.
5. Save the sales order.

The system will initiate the creation of Third Party Purchase Request successfully.

Refer to: Third-Party Order Processing SAP Help Document

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