Expediting Requisitions

Business Unit

Enter the purchasing business unit.

Category

Enter a single item category to search.

Requisition ID

Enter a requisition ID to limit your search to one requisition.

Requisition Name

Select the name of a specific requisition that you want to view or maintain. This is the name the requester assigned to the requisition. If a name was not assigned, the system uses the requisition ID as the name. This limits the search results to one specific requisition.

Supplier Name

Select a supplier to limit your search to the requisitions with this supplier.

Requester

Select a requester ID to limit your selection to requisitions entered by this individual.

Buyer

Select a buyer ID to limit your selection to requisitions with this buyer.

Requisition Type

Select a Requisition Type (Standard, Bill Only, and Bill and Replace) to view the list of requisition of the selected type.

To configure Requisition Type, see ePro Installation Options Page.

Include Lines with No Supplier

Selecting this check box enables the system to display lines that do not have a supplier associated with them. These lines can then be manually updated to include a supplier for sourcing.

Include

Select to include an individual requisition in the planned purchase order. When you initially select a requisition for inclusion in the purchase order, the system activates the Submit and Preview buttons. Deselect the check box to remove the requisition from the planned purchase order later.

Include All/ Exclude All

Select the check box to include all requisitions in the planned purchase order. The requisitions must first have valid suppliers assigned to them. Deselect the check box to remove all requisitions from the planned purchase order.

Supplier Name

Enter the supplier ID of the supplier that you want assigned to each requisition. You can assign suppliers by either selecting a supplier in individual rows or click the Select All/Deselect All check box and the Apply Supplier to Selected Lines button to assign a single supplier to multiple lines.

Select All/Deselect All

Select this check box to select all lines and apply the supplier that appears in the field below when you click the Apply Supplier to Selected Lines button.

Apply Supplier to Selected Lines

Click to apply the supplier ID that appears in the Supplier field at the left of this button to the requisition lines that have been selected using the Select All/Deselect Allcheck box.

PO Qty (purchase order quantity)

The quantity that is ordered from the supplier. This value is from the Requisition Quantity field, but you can change the quantity before you create the purchase order.

Amount Only

Displays if the line is an amount-only line.

(Go To Attachments)

Select this icon to access the Attachments page where you can view the attachments to this requisition at the line level.

See Submitting Requisitions.

Default Buyer ID

Select the name of the buyer to use on the PO. This value only applies if another buyer is not found on the staging table or default hierarchy, or if requisitions are consolidated by buyer. These buyers are listed on the User Preferences page.

Build POs as Approved (build purchase orders as approved)

Select to have purchase orders created with an Approved status when you run the Create Purchase Orders process. If selected, the process examines auto approval criteria set at the business unit level. If the auto approval criteria is met, the status is set to Approved. If the auto approval criteria is not met, the status is set to Pending approval, and the purchase order enters the approval process. If you do not select this check box, the purchase order is created with a status of Open.

Submit

Click to create the purchase order for the requisition lines that you have selected using the Include button, which is located at the bottom portion of this page. The Submit feature stages the items and launches the PO Calculations process (PO_POCALC) and Create Purchase Order process (PO_CREATE). You must assign a supplier to the requisition line before the system can create a purchase order.

For requisitions containing a negative price item, the above processes do not reprice the requisition line, create partial sourcing, or consolidate with other requisitions onto one purchase order. For more information about negative price items, see the "Using a Negative Price on Special Request Pages" section of the "Using Special Requests and Express Forms to Create Requisitions" chapter.

See Understanding Special Requests and Express Forms.

Preview

Click to display a preview of the purchase order before it is actually staged. You must select the requisition, click the Includebutton in the lower portion of this page, before you can preview.

PO Qty (purchase order quantity)

The quantity of the distribution line.

Amount

The extended price of the distribution line (unit price × quantity).

Percent

The percentage of quantity or amount on this distribution line.

Location

The internal shipping location.