Set Up a Blanket Purchase Agreement in Contract Manufacturing

In contract manufacturing, the buyer sets up a blanket purchase agreement with the contract manufacturer supplier. To set up a blanket purchase agreement, you must use the Create Agreements task in the Purchasing work area.

The following table lists the values a buyer must specify in the blanket purchase agreement:

Attribute Name	Attribute Value
Group Requisition Headers	No
Group Requisition Lines	No

The buyer must manually attach the work definition .pdf or XML document to the blanket purchase agreement. It is expected that the buyer adds this attachment to the purchase agreement, and communicates to the supplier.

You can search and edit items in the work definition and create attachments using the following steps:

1. To enable the To Supplier attachment category for the Items entity ITEM_ENTITY In the Setup and Maintenance work area, use the following:

   • Offering: Product Management

   • Functional Area: Items

   • Task: Manage Attachment Categories for Product Management

2. To add a new attachment category for To Supplier to the Root Item Class or the Item Class in context for the work definition item, in the Setup and Maintenance work area, use the following:

   • Offering: Product Management

   • Functional Area: Items

   • Task: Manage Item Classes

3. In the Product Information Management work area, click the Manage Items task to search for and select the work definition item.

4. On the Edit Item page, click the Attachments tab to add a new attachment. Select the Attachment Category created earlier, and select the Work Definition document, as it was printed from work definition.