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U9 cloud Purchase Pricing: Quotations, Price Lists and Variance Approval

Control purchase prices with validity, currency, tiers and variance approval while retaining pricing evidence.

采购价格 / Purchase Pricing18 minUpdated 2026-08-21
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Learning objective

Create one auditable price from multiple quotations and verify purchase-order pricing.

Roles

Purchasing, requesters, quality, finance and audit

Prerequisites

  • Governed supplier and item units.
  • Defined sourcing and price authority.

Completion checks

  • Order price traces to a valid quotation or list.
  • Variance retains rationale, approver and time.

Common errors

  • Comparing without normalising currency or unit.
  • Ordering against an expired price.

Thailand project note

For Thailand, confirm Thai/English masters, THB and foreign currencies, Asia/Bangkok time, segregation of duties and local record retention. VAT, WHT, customs, BOI, statutory accounting, product compliance and occupational-safety settings require current review by qualified Thai professionals; this is not legal or tax advice.

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Steps

01Clean supplier, item, unit, currency, tax attribute and payment terms.
02Issue an RFQ with scope, quantity, delivery, validity and quotation attachments.
03Compare price, total cost, quality, delivery and risk using reproducible criteria.
04Approve the supplier and rationale; maintain effective and expiry dates.
05Create a test order and verify conversion, tier price, currency and tax basis.
06Trigger approval above variance tolerance; never overwrite the baseline directly.
07Review expired, temporary and exceptional prices periodically.
  1. 01

    Clean supplier, item, unit, currency, tax attribute and payment terms.

  2. 02

    Issue an RFQ with scope, quantity, delivery, validity and quotation attachments.

  3. 03

    Compare price, total cost, quality, delivery and risk using reproducible criteria.

  4. 04

    Approve the supplier and rationale; maintain effective and expiry dates.

  5. 05

    Create a test order and verify conversion, tier price, currency and tax basis.

  6. 06

    Trigger approval above variance tolerance; never overwrite the baseline directly.

  7. 07

    Review expired, temporary and exceptional prices periodically.

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Implementation notes

  • Lowest price is not always lowest total cost.
  • Retain quotation versions.
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References