Common Elements Used in Purchasing Item Information

Field or Control	Description
Days Late, Early Ship Rjct Days (days late, early shipment rejection days)	Enter the acceptable number of days before or after a shipment date during which you will still receive the goods.
Ext Price Tolerance /% Ext Price Tolerance (extended price tolerance/percentage extended price tolerance)	Enter the matching tolerance amount and percentage for the extended price (amount multiplied by quantity) of the item. The extended price tolerance is the tolerance for the entire order, not just an individual item.
Inspect ID (inspection ID)	Displays the inspection IDs, which are established on the Inspection Routing page.
Inspection Required	Select to require inspection and to make the other inspection fields available for entry.
Inspection UOM (inspection unit of measure)	Select from these values: Standard: Select to perform inspections in the standard unit of measure (UOM) setup on the Item Definition - General: Common link page. Supplier: Select to perform inspections in the UOM used on the purchase order to the supplier.
Lead Time Factor %, Ship to Priority Factor %, Price Factor %, supplier Priority Factor % (lead time factor percent, ship to priority factor percent, price factor percent, supplier priority factor percent)	If you select the Flexible sourcing method, enter the percentage weight that you want to give to lead time, price, ship to, and supplier priority. The higher the percentage that you give to one of the criteria, the more weight that criterion has. For example, if you want to select the supplier based only on lead time, you can give lead time a percentage weight of 100 percent and the supplier with the best lead time (regardless of price, ship to, or supplier priority) is selected.
Partial Qty (partial quantity)	Indicate the action that you want to take if you receive less than the quantity specified on the purchase order schedule. Select from: Open: Select to receive the partial quantity, leave the receipt line status as Open, and enable the receipt to be saved. Open/Error: Reject the partial quantity, leave the receipt line status as Open, and generate an error message. Open/Warn (open, but with a warning): Receive the partial quantity, leave the receipt line in Open status, and generate a warning message. Recvd (received): Receive the partial quantity and change the receipt line status to Recvd. Recvd/Warn (received with a warning): Receive the partial quantity and change the receipt line status to Recvd, but also generate a warning about the partial quantity.
Receiving Required	Select the receiving requirement for the item. Values are: Do Not: Do not receive; accounts payable matching and receipt accrual are not applicable. Optional: Receiving is optional; accounts payable will not match receipt lines and the system will not accrue the receipt. Required: Receiving is required; accounts payable will match receipt lines and the system will accrue the receipt.
Reject Qty Over Tolerance (reject quantity over the tolerance limit)	Select to reject a quantity that surpasses the tolerance limits that you set.
Sourcing Method	Select from Basic, Cumulative Split, Flexible, and Sched Split (split schedule). This value appears by default from the category assigned to the item.
Tolerance Over, Tolerance Under	Select the amount or percentage over or under the tolerance selected that still enables a voucher match.
Unit Price Tolerance/% Unit Price Tolerance (unit price tolerance/percent unit price tolerance)	Displays the matching tolerance amount and percentage for the price of an individual item.