Buy out a leased enterprise asset

Buy out a leased enterprise asset before the corresponding lease contract expires.

Avant de commencer

Before you can proceed with buying out a leased enterprise asset, you must complete the Planning task for the associated lease contract. See Complete the Planning task for an expiring enterprise asset lease contract for detailed instructions.

Role required: sn_eam.enterprise_admin or sn_eam.enterprise_asset_manager

Procédure

1. From the Enterprise Asset Workspace, open the Contract and lease management view.
2. On the Lease-end assets tab, select the lease contract for the enterprise asset that you want to buy out.
   The lease contract record opens.
3. Complete and close the Buyout task for the lease contract.
   To successfully complete and close this task, you must confirm a buyout date and amount with the asset vendor.
   1. On the Contract Asset Tasks tab of the lease contract record, select the task number for the Buyout task.

      Alternatively, select the task number that is displayed in the Current task field of the lease contract record header.

      
      The Buyout task opens.
   2. On the Details tab of the Buyout task, fill in the fields.

      Tableau 1. Details tab

      Field	Description
      Contract Asset Task
      Number	Task number that is used to identify and track the Buyout task. This field populates automatically.
      Contract	Lease contract that the task is associated with. This field populates automatically.
      Asset	Enterprise asset that is associated with the lease contract. This field populates automatically.
      Location	Current location of the associated enterprise asset. This field populates automatically.
      State	State of the task.
      Assignment group	Group to which the task is assigned.
      Assigned to	User to which the task is assigned.
      Work notes list	Users who receive notifications when work notes are added to the task.
      Short description	Brief description of the task.
      Description	Detailed description of the task.
      Buyout details
      Buyout date	Date on which you are buying out the associated enterprise asset.
      Buyout amount	Cost to buy out the associated enterprise asset. Remarque : You can set this field to any currency of your choice.
      Notes
      Work notes	Notes about the task that are visible to all users within your organization.

   3. Select Close Task.
      The Buyout task automatically closes with an updated state of Closed Complete.
4. Complete and close the Buyout confirmation task for the lease contract.
   To successfully complete and close this task, you must pay the asset vendor the confirmed buyout amount on or before the confirmed buyout date.
   1. On the Contract Asset Tasks tab of the lease contract record, select the task number for the Buyout confirmation task.

      Alternatively, select the task number that is displayed in the Current task field of the lease contract record header.

      
      The Buyout confirmation task opens.

      Remarque :

      Aside from the State field and the additional Buyout confirmation field, all editable fields in the Buyout confirmation task are pre-populated based on the corresponding fields that you filled out in the Buyout task. The Purchase order and Purchase order line fields are pre-populated with the purchase order and purchase order line that the Enterprise Asset Management application automatically created for the enterprise asset buyout in the Planning task.
   2. In the Buyout details section of the Details tab, set the Buyout confirmation field to Yes.
      This field indicates if you bought out the enterprise asset successfully.
   3. In the same section, select the Open Record icon () in the Purchase order field.
      The purchase order record opens.
   4. Select Order.
   5. After the page reloads, select Receive.
      The form closes and you automatically return to the purchase order record, which now has a status of Received.
   6. Close the purchase order record to return to the Buyout confirmation task.
   7. On the Buyout confirmation task, select Close Task.
      The Buyout confirmation task automatically closes with an updated state of Closed Complete.

Résultats

After you successfully buy out the enterprise asset, the Date removed field on the lease contract record automatically updates with the date on which you completed all buyout tasks. Following this date, you can no longer track the enterprise asset through this lease contract record.