In some scenarios, a company may want to allow certain vendors to enter purchase orders on their behalf in order to optimize their procurement users time.
In order to do this, vendors will createpurchase orders with the items that will be shipped. As soon as the purchase order is created, the system will automatically confirm it.
Instructions
In order to enable the "Purchase Order creation" for vendors, follow these steps
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Go to the Setup > Vendors.
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User filters to "Search" for the vendor and under the "Actions" column, click on "Edit".
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The "Vendor Information" window will pop up, then go to the "Options" tab and check the box "Allow creating POs", click on "Save".
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Once the vendor has this option activated. The , the vendor can start creating purchase orders. The option will appear under the . To create a purchase order, click on the green button New PO. This button can be found by going to: Purchase Order > Purchase Order Summary > Create New Order green buttonOrder. Once the PO is created and its Status is Confirmedand , the vendor can proceed will be able to add the PO to an AWB (or automatically added to a temporary AWB, for ).
For more information regarding temporary AWBs, please read How to Create a Temporary AWB).
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When the created PO by a vendor is automatically added to an AWB, a color icon will appear in the PO reconciliation screen informing that the PO was created by a vendor.
