Free text capital procurement

[Former Member]

Hi,

We are using SRM 7 ECS. We are procuring material for direct procurement also from SRM. The way to do this is to enter a material in SC and tick mark the u201Corder as direct materialu201D, so that it becomes as direct procurement.

1st Question is that can we procure free text for direct procurement, i.e we want the user to procure free text and order as direct material. Is this possible?

We have also made a custom tick-mark field in the SC screen header. If user checks this header field, then the u201Corder as direct materialu201D check-mark field in all the line items gets ticked. In other words this header field merely ticks mark the u201Corder as direct materialu201D field in SC line item.

Now if user procures free text , and ticks this custom field at header , u201Corder as direct materialu201D field gets ticked mark at line item level. When this goes to completion buyer, the free text field is greyed out, and the buyer is unable to replace the free text with material. Are we doing something wrong here? If everything is correct in the above process, can we make the free text field editable by the completion buyer?

Rgds

sumendra

[Former Member]

Hi Rahul/Nikhil,

Thanks for the replies.

I am closing the meesage

sumendra

[Former Member]

Hi Sumendra,

Just enabling the check box for 'Order as a direct material' wont suffice.

If you think logically, free text items are usually non stock items (procured against cost centers for example). Whereas direct materials are procured for stock consumption.

Hence you can use 'Order as a direct material' for only those materials which you have replicated into SRM from ECC.

Regards,

Nikhil

[former_member22425]

Hello Sumendra,

As per the standard system behavior , Order as direct material check box will be grayed out in the Shopping cart for the free

text items.

Thanks & Best Regards,

Rahul