Understanding the Batch Requisition Consolidation Program

For the requisitions that do not need to be expedited, you can run the Batch Requisition Consolidation program (R43E060) to create purchase orders in batch mode. This program performs the same tasks as described in the Requisition Expeditor section, but it does not provide you with the opportunity to make changes to orders before final generation. To be processed by the Batch Requisition Consolidation program, requisition lines must have an Approved status, a supplier number, a price, and must not have the Postponed option selected in the Requisition Expeditor program.

The Batch Requisition Consolidation program does not provide the hierarchical commodity search, as in the Requisition Expeditor program. Therefore, if you want the system to generate orders for both a specific commodity and those with that commodity's subordinates, you must enter data selection for both the parent commodity and the subordinates.

This diagram illustrates the process flow of the Batch Requisition Consolidation program: