Purchasing documents

[Former Member]

What are internal and external purchasing documents and why it is called so?.Is there any transaction to display all purchasing documents of a particular validity?

[former_member459660 · Accepted solution]

Hi

Purcahsing documents which are raised by your user department in favour of your purchasing department are considered are internal documnets.Ex:Purchase requisition,Reservations etc

Purchasing documents which are transfered from your compay to outside ie to youe vendors are known as external documents.This acts as an official agreement with your comapany and vendor.Ex:Purchase order,RFQs etc

Try Tcode-ME2M for displaying the purchsing documents

Hope this will help you

Reward if useful

Thanks and Regards

SHYAM.R

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hi,

thank u for ur explanation regarding purchasing documents.but the transaction to find purchasing documents wrt validity period is me3n

[Former Member]

The internal purchasing documents used for Internal purposes

for example PR is internal document because this is used by the purchase department for further processing,

while purchase orders, contracts , agreements are external documets because this is been used by the Vendor and as we know vendor is external party.

[Former Member]

you can use T-code ME2M.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Contract is an internal document it is only a agreement between vendor and customer.Vendor cannot supply goods against contract.

Purchase requistion is a internal document

where as

PO/scheduling agreement is external document since u r issuing this vendor

hope u can explore from this

Thanks

Suresh