Purchasing Group in SAP

 

A purchasing group is a key for a buyer or group of buyers responsible for  procurement activity. Purchasing Group is not an enterprise structure and hence not defined in enterprise structure

Purchasing group is free floating entity and not assigned to any organizational unit, does not have any controlling function and used only for reporting purpose.

It is responsible Internally for Procurement of Material or class of materials

Configuration:

Prerequisite for the Purchasing group configuration :

• N/A

IMG Path:

Materials Management >Purchasing > Create purchasing groups

Click on the new entries

Maintain the purchasing group which is three digit alphanumeric code and the description. Also, fill the other details as required.