Create a purchasing group
It is possible to identify individual or a group of individuals that are allowed to procure a specific subset of materials and services. Therefore it makes sense to create purchasing groups, if only because it is mandatory when creating a purchase order.
Small organisations may decide to only create one purchasing organisation, whereas companies procuring a wide range of different materials and services prefer to segregate the staff into separate purchasing groups.
Use the following path in the implementation guide: IMG >> Materials Management >> Purchasing >> Create Purchasing Groups
When accessing the configuration transaction, the existing purchasing groups are shown.
Select the menu path Edit >> New Entries to create a new purchasing group.
Define your purchasing groups and the associated contact details such as telephone number, fax number and email address as that is useful information on printed purchase orders sent to suppliers.
Press the ENTER key to allow the system to validate your data.
Press the SAVE button to save the data in a transport request.
You can now exit the configuration transaction.
