How Purchase Orders Work with Configured Items

Learn how a blanket purchase agreement can create a purchase order for a configured item.

The buy flow works the same as the make flow except.

• You set up a blanket purchase agreement with your supplier in Purchasing.

• You create a purchase order in Purchasing instead of a work definition in Inventory Management.

• Your supplier uses a purchase order to supply the item instead of creating the work order in Inventory Management and making the item.

• During the buy flow, if a blanket purchase agreement.

  • Exists. Supply Chain Orchestration automatically converts the purchase requisition (PR) to a purchase order (PO).

  • Doesn't exist. You must manually do the conversion. For example, you must find the purchase request, then create a document to generate the purchase order. For details, see Use the Purchase Orders Work Area.

Configure-to-order uses the Configure-to-Order Blanket Purchase Agreement template to create a relationship between a component and the parent. Use the template to set up pricing for the model instead of for each component.

Learn about the make flow. For details, see How Configure-to-Order Works.