SAP MM Source List | SAP MM Purchase Info Record | SAP MM Master data

  Source List 

A source List is a list of possible sources of supply for a material. It makes the purchasing org. & groups are eligible to purchase the material from specific vendors defined in the source list.

 There is the following importance of a source list in material procurement.

 1. Display the sources of supply.

 2. Display the block sources of supply.

 3. Display the fixed vendor name

 4. Display the time frame for ordering material from a vendor.

 SOURCE LIST can be created in both ways.

 1. Manually

2. Automatically

 Manually created by t_code ME01

SOURCE LIST CREATED ⬆

DISPLAY SOURCE LIST T_CODE ME03 ↓

Automatically created by t_code MM02. In MM02 we go to purchasing view of a material master where we tick the source list column.

A PURCHASE INFO RECORD (PIR) is a type of record that stores information about material and vendors. i.e. a material's price from a particular vendor for a particular plant.

PURCHASE INFO RECORD (PIR) is maintained at two levels.

1. PLANT Level.

2. PURCHASE ORGANIZATION level.

PURCHASE INFO RECORD (PIR) stores information about four types of procurement.

1. STANDARD procurement      

2. SUBCONTRACTING  procurement  ( Item Category-L)

3. PIPELINE  procurement        (Item Category-P)

4. CONSIGNMENT  procurement       (Item Category-K)

Let's see the steps.  

1. STANDARD procurement

Purchase Info Record no. created ⬆

Layout Of Purchase Info Record ⬆