Purchase type

Select the appropriate purchase type: • Regular purchase (used for most purchases) • Equipment rental (used for tool resources only) • Repair order (used for serialized units only) • Service order (used for service resources only) • On-site contractor (used for setting up the procurement process for on-site contractors)

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Requirement

The number of units required for the item. If this box is left blank, an error message will appear. This setting is only applicable to materials, tools, and service resources that don’t use a time-based unit of measure. For time-based resources (trades, tools, and services that are time-based), the Requirement entry is calculated using: Number of x Required for

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Unit cost or Rate

The cost per unit for the demand. If you are entering a non-catalog resource, you can enter the unit cost here. If you have selected a supplier resource with a current price, or a warehouse issue, the system enters the unit cost and you cannot change it unless you are a buyer. Since inventory unit costs change over time as you purchase materials, the current unit cost is retained to provide costing stability.

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Base cost

The estimated base cost of the demand. APM automatically calculates this cost based on the unit price and quantity of the resources needed for the work order or requisition.

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Supplier

The number of the supplier that supplies this resource. By default, the system enters the default supplier of the resource. If necessary, you can change the supplier by clicking either All Suppliers or Valid Suppliers and selecting a new supplier from the selection dialog.

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Supplier resource

The supplier resource for this requirement.

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Name	The name of the supplier. You can enter up to 50 characters. If this box is left blank, an error message appears.

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Supplier reference

The supplier’s resource price for this resource. Only prices that are currently effective (not expired) can be selected.

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Purchase priority

The selected purchase priority for this resource demand. You can select from the list of purchase priorities defined for the site.

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Buyer

The name of the buyer who will process this resource demand.

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Deliver to

Select the warehouse where the item(s) should be delivered.

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Deliver to/Inventory group

The name of the warehouse inventory group that should receive the item(s) ordered. If you select a consignment inventory group, the order will be treated as a consignment order.

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