SAP MM Purchasing Menu

Use

This section describes the menu that constitutes the starting point for purchasing activities in the R/3 System: the Purchasing menu.

The Purchasing menu is the point from which you begin all the operations described in this documentation. Your attention will be expressly drawn to individual cases where this does not apply.

Features

Displaying the Purchasing Menu

To display the Purchasing menu, do the following:

1. Log on to the system
. The SAP-wide system menu appears.
2. Choose Logistics
® Materials management ® Purchasing. The Purchasing menu appears.

About the Purchasing Menu

The tasks you can perform from the Purchasing menu are organized by purchasing document . For example, to display a purchase order, choose Purchase order ® Display from the Purchasing menu.

The Master Data menu contains functions for creating and displaying info records and vendor and purchasing master data.

When you complete a purchasing function - creating a purchase order, for example - choose Purchase order ® Exit, to return to the Purchasing menu.

Standard Menu Functions

The following list describes the standard menu options for purchasing documents:

Create
Use this option to create a purchasing document . Enter the required information and save the document . The document is then stored under a unique number.

Change
Use this option to change a purchasing document . You need the document number in order to access the document.

Display
Use this option to display a purchasing document . You cannot change or add any information to the document that is displayed . You need the document number in order to access the document.

List displays/reporting
Use these options to generate reports analyzing purchasing documents (for example, a list of all purchase orders for Vendor ABC) . How to generate reports and analyses is described in Reporting in Purchasing.

Follow-on functions
This option allows you to perform tasks related to (following on from) but not included in the purchasing functionality, such as entering a goods receipt or an invoice in the system.

Messages
This option enables you to print or transmit documents in message form (for example, transmission via electronic data interchange (EDI), fax, and so on).