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Enter transaction ME11 | T-code can be entered directly in Command field. T-code can be saved in Favorites. | |
Vendor | Information provided in the request | |
Material | As informed | |
Purchasing Organization | Information may change depending on the plant region/type of order | If not informed, see table below Note! If the material is Finished Product (material group 0450) and the Purchasing Organization in not mentioned in the ticket, return to the requester and confirm the correct purchasing organization to be used. |
Plant | Information provided in the request | |
PIR category | If not informed, choose Standard The PIR category should match purchasing organization for consignment only. If it is subcon the purchasing org. will be a raw material | |
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Vendor Material Number | Check the request form | |
Salesperson | Check the request form | |
Telephone | Check the request form | |
Order Unit | Example: If the price is 1.02 USD / per 1 YD, then the Order Unit should be YD |
Note! If the PIR is shared between 2 plants, they should be contacted in order to agree on the order unit.
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Go to Purchasing Organization Data 1 view | Pressing Enter will move you to Purch. Org. Data 1 |
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Composites: This field should be aligned with unit of issue. If there is a request to update unit of issue, it needs to come via Sharepoints and the buyer's approval attached to the workflow. | ||
Go to Purchasing Organization Data 1 view | Pressing Enter will move you to Purch. Org. Data 1 |
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Planned Delivery Time | If pre-populated with a value lower than 5 days, update to 5 days | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Standard Quantity |
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Tax Code | Check location of plant and Vendor | Other countries
Europe Note! For Germany based plants until December of 2020 the tax code to be used should be:
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| Import procedure | Applicable for European plants only (Please refer to table above) | If the plant that you are creating the PIR is in the same country of the supplier, no import procedure is required. If the plant that you are creating the PIR is in different country of the supplier then import procedure is required based on vendor's location | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Enter Net Price | As requested | As requested
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Incoterms 1 and 2 | Mandatory for all! | As informed
| As informed For STO's (p. org 3200) if not provided by the requester use as default DAP DESTINATION Note! No "." should be used for the second part on the Incoterms, if not provided, clarify with the requester. US: EXW = Collect for domestic shipments; Pre paid (PPD) can be used only for US domestic; any supplier paid shipments coming into US, can not be PPD it should be DDP. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Confirmation Control Key (CCK) | Check Incoterms | If Incoterms are COL - always Z003, (exception if going from Kemira to Kemira’s plant 8543 then blank). For Brazil Plants (8789), CCK is always Z016 | For rare cases where there might be, if materials are purchased on consignment, Tax code is LU US only: For PIRs that are with tax code LN AND INCOTERMS COL ORIGIN Confirmation control key should be populated as Z003; US only: For PIRs that are an import and Solvay is the importer of record (buyer will know this) confirmation control key should be populated as Z004; For PIRs that are with tax code LU Confirmation control key should be populated based on the vendor’s country. For domestic - Z003 and for Imports - Z004. For STO when the receiving plant is located in China confirmation control key should be Z004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GR-Bsd IV | Always checked For Brazil Plants (8789) - Intercompany (STO): Not marked | Always checked | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ackn. rqd | Order acknowledgement tick mark is mandatory for all PIRs that are from a regular vendor. This includes sites that are not live in WP1, i.e. PE1 and any other Solvay sites that may not be in WP1, but have non-intercompany vendor code as well as go under Purchasing organization 3200. All STOs (transfers between sites that are live in WP1) DON’T Need the tick mark there. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pricing Date Control | For Brazil Plants (8789), Always 1 | Price date category is based on whether or not the material is an import (considering against the receiving plant). Applicable for all regions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Valid from | As per request, if not provided today's date | As per request, if not provided today's date |
Update the validity valid to period | The validity period to be used is 31.12.2025 (All material types) For plant 8789 - 31.12.2025 (All material types)07.2021 | The validity period to be used is 31.12.9999 (ZMAT and ZVER) For ZERS (Materials with Division WA) -The validity period to be used is 31.12.2021 |
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Single click on the valid period | New with reference |
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Validity From | As informed, other wise current date |
Valid to | if not informed, end of current year |
Amount | As informed |
Per | As informed |
Price Unit of measure | As informed |
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2.1.4 Delete PIR
Important!
PIR’s created for plants [WP1] not maintained by Data Operations Riga [Industrial Supplies]:
- Freshdesk ticket for other Data Operations team should be created.
- Data Operations Curitiba;
- Data Operations Lisbon;
- Data Operations Bangkok;
PIR’s created for purchasing organisation [WP1] 3012; 3020; 3028; 3004 [Industrial Supplies]:
- Created / Inactivated by Data Operations Riga team.
- Site Buyers or Store Room Owner in charge must be informed of any inactivation’s and creations of new PIR’s in case of Duplicate accounts/Tax ID changes.
PIR’s created for other Purchasing Organizations [WP1]:
- Maintained by Site Buyers’s and/or Data Operations Riga [Raw Materials] for Technology Solutions & Composite Materials.
- The buyers/planners should be informed on the inactivation
PIR's created in PF1_020 are maintained locally, buyers should be contacted based on this list.
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Main activities | Key points |
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Enter transaction ME12 or ME1M as on Change section | |
Vendor | Information provided in the request |
Material | As informed |
Purchasing Organization | As informed |
Plant | As informed |
PIR category | If not informed choose Standard |
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After deleting all lines go to header | ||
Change Validity end to the past Save itthe past | ||
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2.4 Quota Management
Procedure available in the link below:
WP1 - Quotas Management
Quotas management - Print Screen
Appendix - Approved Requesters - Technology Solutions
- Direct Procurement PIR (Raw Material and Packaging) and Third party: Only Buyers. In case there is a request from planner add the buyer once you update the price/create the PIR.
- Packaging NA: Stephane Labelle / Matt Kalat
- Intercompany PIRs: Buyers or Planners
- Plant 7008 Willow Island - 8359 is shared between Technology Solutions and Novecare
- List of approvers for Novecare
- Plant code 8536 -7008 / Allchem Service Houston & 8553 -7008 / South Coast Houston.
- Requests can be accepted from Vincent Cifelli
The full list can be found here.
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ZERS (Materials with Division WA) and PIR | PIR creation/modification/deletion | ||||
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| Plant | Buyer | Storeroom Owner | LPR | ||
| 8359 | Willow Island | US | Dennis Andlinger | Tami Smith | Procurement team |
| 8371 | Mount Pleasant | US | Terrence Bybee | ||
| 8373 | Welland | CA | Peter Mertzanis | Jesse OstapJames Oliver | |
| 8356 | Atequiza | MX | Cesar Rivas | Alberto Mora | Abril Gomez (Maternity leave) Replacement: Vincent Cifelli and Eduardo Rubalcaba Guizar |
| 8486 | Fengxian | CN | Shen Jie | Ming Liu Sarawut Sonmuang | Ming Liu Sarawut Sonmuang |
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