Manage Purchase Orders

Use the Production Purchase Order Maintenance [S1725] screen to create and schedule purchase orders and edit, copy, or delete previously created PO Purchase Order.

Prerequisites

Before adding purchase orders, you require: 

• Vendors

• Vendor Parts

• Parts

• A buyer

There are three parts to a manual production purchase order: the purchase order header, the order detail, the order schedule.

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Step 1 - Purchase Order Header

Step 2 - Purchase Order Detail

1. On Production Purchase Order Maintenance, with the desired purchase order selected in the header frame, select the Production Purchase Order Detail frame.

2. On the screen task bar, click Add.

3. Enter the desired information.

4. Click Save.

Step 3 - Purchase Order Scheduling

1. On Production Purchase Order Maintenance, select the desired Purchase Order and Production Purchase Order Detail.

2. Click on the Production Purchase Order Schedule frame.

3. On the screen task bar, click Add.

4. Enter the desired information.

5. Click Save.

Result

You have added a production purchase order with details and a schedule.

Notes

• To action a previously created item, select the item and click the desired mode: Edit, Copy, or Delete.

• To create a PDF file of the purchase order, click Create PDF.

• To email the purchase order to the Vendor, click Email Vendor.

• To create the vendor EDI, click Create EDI 850.

• Certain fields that only apply to a Blanket Purchase Order A blanket purchase order, or blanket PO, is a purchase order that is placed with a vendor to set up multiple delivery dates over a period of time. This is usually done to take advantage of predetermined pricing and is normally used when there is a recurring need for the purchased goods. will not appear on a Spot Purchase Order.

• If the purchase order is for customer supplied parts, ensure to toggle Customer Supplied Material to Yes.

• You cannot add a schedule to a purchase order for customer supplied material.