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Purchasing Attribute Group

Following are the Purchasing attributes and their possible values. You set these attributes when defining or updating items. See: Defining Items and Updating Organization Level Items.

Purchased

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Indicate whether to purchase and receive an item. Turning this option on allows you to set the Purchasable attribute.

This is an item defining attribute. If you turn this option on, the item is automatically assigned to the default category set for the Oracle Purchasing functional area. See: Item Defining Attributes.

Purchasable

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Indicate whether to order an item on a purchase order. You can set this only when Purchased is turned on.

Turning Purchasable off allows you to temporarily restrict the ability to buy.

This attribute is optionally set by the Item Status code. See: Status Attributes and Item Status Control.

Use Approved Supplier

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Indicate whether to use only approved suppliers. If you turn this option on, Oracle Purchasing prevents you from approving a purchase order for an item if you do not use an approved supplier.

Allow Description Update

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Indicate whether to allow updates to the item description on a purchasing document line for an item. See: Defining Purchasing Options.

RFQ Required

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Indicate whether to require an item quotation when requesting an item. Oracle Purchasing defaults this value on requisition lines for this item. Leave this field blank if you want Inventory to use the value defined in the Purchasing Options window for transactions involving this item. See: Defining Purchasing Options.

Outside Processing Item

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Indicate whether you can add the item to an outside processing purchase order line. You can turn this option on only if Purchased is also on.

In addition, this option controls whether you can attach an item to a resource in the Resource window. See: Defining a Resource and Outside Processing.

Outside Processing Unit Type

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Select an option to determine the quantity of an outside processing item you requisition, purchase and receive:

Assembly You purchase an outside processing item based on the number of assemblies you ship to the supplier.
Resource You purchase an outside processing item based on the number of assemblies times the resource usage rate or amount.

Taxable

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Indicate whether the supplier charges a tax. Oracle Purchasing uses the taxable status together with the tax code you associate with a location to determine whether a purchase order shipment is taxable, and what the tax code that applies to this shipment is. Leave this field blank if you want Inventory to use the value defined in the Purchasing Options window for transactions involving this item. See: Defining Purchasing Options.

Receipt Required (Three-Way Invoice Matching)

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Indicate whether you must receive an item before you can pay the invoice. Leave this field blank if you want Inventory to use the value defined in the Purchasing Options window for transactions involving this item. See: Defining Purchasing Options.

Inspection Required (Four-Way Invoice Matching)

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Indicate whether to inspect an item upon receipt from the supplier, before paying the corresponding invoice. Leave this field blank if you want Inventory to use the value defined in the Purchasing Options window for transactions involving this item. See: Defining Purchasing Options.

Default Buyer

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Enter the buyer assigned to purchase an item. Oracle Purchasing displays the buyer you enter here as the suggested buyer for a requisition. See: Defining Buyers.

Unit of Issue

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Enter the unit of measure you typically use to issue the item from inventory. Oracle Purchasing uses this as the default for internal requisition lines sourced from inventory.

You use units of issue to round order quantities, minimizing shipping, warehousing, and handling costs. The unit of issue must be the same for all units of measure belonging to the same unit of measure class as the primary unit of measure. See: Defining Unit of Measure Classes.

Receipt Close Tolerance

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Enter the percentage tolerance Oracle Purchasing uses to automatically close purchase order shipments. Oracle Purchasing automatically closes a shipment when your unreceived quantity is within the quantity tolerance percentage of the shipment.

For example, if the original shipment quantity is 50, and you enter 10 here (10%), Oracle Purchasing automatically closes the shipment for receiving when you receive 45 or more.

Closed for Receiving is a status change only. You can receive additional items against the shipment later.

Invoice Close Tolerance

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Enter the percentage tolerance Oracle Purchasing uses to automatically close purchase order shipments. Oracle Purchasing automatically closes a shipment when your uninvoiced quantity is within the quantity tolerance percentage of the shipment.

For example, if the original shipment quantity is 50, and you enter 10 here (10%), Oracle Purchasing automatically closes the shipment for invoicing when you invoice match 45 or more.

Closed for Invoicing is a status change only. You can invoice match additional items against the shipment later.

UN Number

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Enter the United Nations identification number. Oracle Purchasing uses UN numbers to identify specific materials (hazardous materials, for example) for international trade purposes. See: Defining UN Numbers.

Hazard Class

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Oracle Purchasing uses hazard classes to identify categories of hazardous materials for international trade purposes. See: Defining UN NumbersDefining Hazard Classes.

List Price

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Enter the value that Oracle Purchasing uses as the default price on a purchase order, requisition, RFQ, or quotation.

Oracle Receivables uses this value as the default unit selling price on a transaction. Note that this is the original inventory item price used by Purchasing and therefore should be used as a guide only.

Market Price

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Enter the market value for an item. Oracle Purchasing copies the market price to the purchase order lines you create.

Price Tolerance

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Enter the price tolerance percent, the maximum price percentage over the normal price range for an item. For example, if the tolerance percent is 5, the maximum acceptable price on a purchase order is 5% over the requisition price. Any purchase order price 5% above the requisition price is unacceptable, and you cannot approve the purchase order.

Rounding Factor

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Enter a number between 0 and 1. This factor determines how to round the quantity on an internal requisition that results from conversions between the requisition line unit of measure and the item's Unit of Issue. This factor insures that the unit of issue resolves to an integer, rather than a fractional amount.

For example, suppose the requisition line unit of measure is each, and the unit of issue is dozen. For an internal requisition of 20 each, Oracle Purchasing converts the order quantity to 1.75 dozen. With a rounding factor of 0.6, Oracle Purchasing rounds up the order quantity to 2 dozen. (Rounding factor of 0.75 also rounds up to 2 dozen.) With a rounding factor of 0.8, Oracle Purchasing rounds down to 1 dozen.

Oracle Purchasing either performs rounding automatically or advises you of the suggested quantity depending how you set your purchasing options. See: Defining UN NumbersDefining Hazard ClassesInternal Requisitions.

Encumbrance Account

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

This attribute is controlled at the Organization level only.

Enter the default encumbrance account Oracle Purchasing uses when an item is received. If the item encumbrance account does not exist, Oracle Purchasing uses the subinventory account. You encumber, or reserve against funds, when the purchase requisition or purchase order is approved. When you deliver into a subinventory you reverse the encumbrance. The total receipts plus encumbrances equals your total funds spent.

Expense Account

This attribute is controlled at the Organization level only.

Enter the default inventory account for expense items. This attribute is used only when Inventory Asset Value is turned off. Oracle Purchasing debits this account when you receive an item into inventory only if the item is being expensed. If you receive into an expense subinventory, Oracle Purchasing uses this account first; if you do not define the account here, Oracle Purchasing uses the expense account you assigned to the subinventory.

Asset Category

ORACLE PURCHASING ONLY

Enter the asset category to which the item belongs. Oracle Assets uses this to classify your fixed assets. All assets in a category share default information, such as the accounts used when you post to the general ledger. You can enter this field only if you use Oracle Assets. See: Setting Up Asset Categories.

See Also

Item Attribute Controls

Item Attributes Listed by Group Name

Relationships between Attributes


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