How You Search for and Identify Purchase Agreements for Outside Processing

As a buyer or category manager, you can search for and identify existing purchase agreements for outside processing items. Use the Manage Agreements task in the Purchase Agreements work area.

Key factors in managing a blanket purchase agreement for outside processing are:

• How to search for and identify an outside processing purchase agreement.

• How to recognize outside processing information about a purchase agreement.

Search for an Outside Processing Blanket Purchase Agreement

When you create a purchase agreement for an outside processing item, you apply an outside processing document style to the agreement. On the Manage Agreements page, in the search results, view the Document Style column to identify agreements with an outside processing document style. You can also narrow your search for outside processing purchase agreements using an advanced search.

1. In the Search section, click Advanced.

2. Click Add Fields and select the Document Style option.

3. In the Document Style field enter the search criteria for the outside processing document style you want to narrow the search to. You can select one of the delivered styles, or a style created by your organization, if any.

4. Click Search.

Outside Processing Information about the Purchase Agreement

When you open an existing outside processing agreement, the document style displays as part of the page name. For example: Outside Processing Blanket Agreement 123456. The outside processing document style enables you to add outside processing items to a blanket purchase agreement.