INFO RECORD
Purchase Info Record
The purchasing department uses the SAP purchase info record as a source of information. It includes details about a specific substance and the supplier of that material. The info record, for example, contains the vendor’s current pricing information.
Info Record includes:
- The current costs and terms for the plant or entity in charge of purchasing
- The most recent purchase order number
- The material will be delivered when anticipated by the provider.
- Which vendor sub-range does the material fall under?
We will understand this by an example.
Path to create Info Record
SAP Menu -> Logistics -> Material Management -> Purchasing -> Master Data -> Info Record -> Create OR
TCode: ME11
Add Vendor, Material, Purchasing Org., Plant. Select standard, subcontracting, pipeline or consignment, according to the requirement. Here I have selected the standard info category and pressed enter.
The screen will appear, press enter.
Now you can edit the screen as you wish.
Add the details marked in red. Standard quantity and Net price can be according to you.
Save the data.
Purchasing Info record will be created.
We can assign multiple vendors for a single material in Info Records.
Info Category
Info Category is of 4 types:
- Standard
- Subcontracting
- Pipeline
- Consignment
Standard
A standard info record contains information for regular purchase orders. The standard info records can establish information records for both with and without master records for goods and services.
Subcontracting
Ordering information linked to subcontract orders is contained in a record of subcontracting information. The subcontracting info record would include the vendor’s price for this assembly activity, for instance, if you contract out the assembly of a component to an outside supplier.
Pipeline
An information record for a pipeline, pipe, or similar conveyance of a vendor’s material contains details about that material (e.g., electricity from the mains). The vendor’s pricing for providing the necessary item in this manner is listed in the information record.
Consignment
A consignment info record comprises details on a material that the seller keeps in stock at his own expense at the location of the buying organization. The vendor’s price for goods that the purchasing entity removes from consignment stock is listed in the information record.