Purchasing Group in SAP

A purchasing group is a unit of a purchasing organization which is responsible for day-to-day certain buying activities and controls a particular type of procurement activity based on some classification.

Steps to create purchasing groups:

  • SAP IMG Path: – SPRO >> SAP Reference IMG(F5) >>Materials Management >> Purchasing >> Create Purchasing Groups
  • Transaction code: – OME4

Create purchasing groups path

Click on new entries to create new purchasing groups

purchasing groups new entries

In the next screen enter the following data.

  • In the purchasing group field. enter the three digits purch. group key
  • In the desc. pur. grp field enter the description of purchasing group
  • Enter the telephone contact details and press enter to continue

create purchasing groups

 After updating all the required information, choose the save icon to save the entries. Successfully you have configured purchasing groups.