Normally, Procurement department negotiates with vendors for the following aspects for the supply of a material (item) - best price, minimum order qty, lead time, payment terms...
Once the negotiation is finalised, the data may be uploaded in a catalog (catalog vendor), contract may be created (contract vendor), a vendor list (source list in R/3), Interlinkage (PIR in R/3). The vendor for such items is called a Fixed vendor. The system proposes these vendors at the time of creating shopping carts.
On the other hand, if the required item is a new item or an un-negotiated item, with out any source of supply, the system does not propose any source of supply. Standard system does not require the user to enter a source of supply, whereas, entry of price is mandatory, else the Approval workflow doesn't get triggered.
But, many Business insist on making the supplier field mandatory at the time of shopping cart creation. Hence, it becomes a necessity for the user to enter a vendor. In such cases, the user has to pick the vendor he/she feels / knows can supply the item. This vendor becomes a preferred vendor.
All such carts are routed to the Purchaser for ratification.
Partial confirmation is nothing but multiple Goods receipt.
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