Defining Buyers

Use the Buyers window to define and maintain your buyers. Buyers can review all
requisitions using the Requisitions window, and only buyers can enter and
autocreate
purchasing documents. See the Document Types window for rules governing access to
documents. See: Defining Document Types, page 1-66.
Prerequisites
❒ • Define employees before performing this step. See the online help for the Enter
Person window for details.
• Define locations before performing this step. See: Defining Locations, page 1-17.
To define buyers:
1. Navigate to the Buyers window.
2. If you are defining a new buyer click Add Buyer in the Buyers window. To enter
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changes to an existing buyer use the Search region to enter the buyer's name in the
Buyer field, the category assigned to the buyer in the Category field, or the
buyer's
ship-to location in the Ship-to field. Once you have completed one or all of these
fields click Go.
3. Enter the Name of an employee who you want to define as a buyer. If the name you
want does not appear in the list of values, use the Enter Person window to enter
that person as an employee.
4. Enter the default purchasing Category of the goods the buyer typically orders.
Purchasing defaults this value in the Category field when you are autocreating
documents. See: Defining Categories, Oracle Inventory User's Guide.
5. Enter the name of the ship-to location for which the buyer typically creates
purchase orders. Purchasing defaults this value when you are autocreating
documents.
6. Enter the Start Date that you want to initiate the responsibilities for a buyer.
The
default is the current date.
7. Enter the End Date after which the employee is no longer a buyer.
8. Click Save.