https://bc.help.be-terna.com/en-us/docs/business-central/professional-services/professional-services-core/purchasing/ Recent content in Purchasing on Product Documentation Hugo en-US https://bc.help.be-terna.com/en-us/docs/business-central/professional-services/professional-services-core/purchasing/purchasing/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://bc.help.be-terna.com/en-us/docs/business-central/professional-services/professional-services-core/purchasing/purchasing/ <h2 id="purpose">Purpose</h2> <p>In the purchasing area, Professional Services supports the management of purchase contracts and their business assignment to customer and sales-contract scenarios. This keeps vendor, customer, and recurring-service relationships visible in one shared view.</p> <h2 id="business-value">Business value</h2> <ul> <li>purchase contracts can be maintained with vendor, validity period, and optional customer assignment</li> <li>sales contracts can be linked to purchase contracts for transparency</li> <li>purchasing-related scenarios can be connected to contract-based and service-based processes</li> </ul> <h2 id="functional-focus">Functional focus</h2> <h3 id="purchase-contracts">Purchase contracts</h3> <p>Purchase contracts define the contractual framework with vendors. The header typically contains the vendor, the validity period, and, where needed, the related customer.</p> https://bc.help.be-terna.com/en-us/docs/business-central/professional-services/professional-services-core/purchasing/purchase-contract/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://bc.help.be-terna.com/en-us/docs/business-central/professional-services/professional-services-core/purchasing/purchase-contract/ <h2 id="purpose">Purpose</h2> <p>Purchase Contracts provide the contractual framework toward vendors in Professional Services. They combine the vendor, duration, project and customer reference, and the concrete contract lines, creating a reliable basis for recurring or planned purchasing scenarios.</p> <h2 id="prerequisites">Prerequisites</h2> <ul> <li>a vendor with the relevant contact and payment information exists</li> <li>project reference and, if needed, customer reference are clarified</li> <li>duration, cancellation logic, and the services or items to be procured are defined</li> </ul> <h2 id="functional-focus">Functional focus</h2> <h3 id="contract-header-and-master-data-linkage">Contract header and master-data linkage</h3> <p>The purchase contract stores the contract type, vendor, contact, start and end date, and project or customer reference. This makes the contract not just a purchasing document, but a structured frame for later procurement and assignment processes.</p>