Overview

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 create purchase orders with the items that will be shipped. As soon as the purchase order is created, the system will automatically approve it, so the vendor can view the products under the "Confirm POs" page and follow the regular procedure for confirming PO's.

Instructions

In order to enable the "Purchase Order creation" for vendors, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Setup > Vendors.
2. User filters to "Search" for the vendor then and  under the "Actions" column, click on "Edit".
   
   
   
   
3. The "Vendor Information" window will pop up, then go to the "Options" tab and check the box "Allow creating POs", click on "Save".
   
   
    
4. Once the vendor has this option activated. The vendor can start creating purchase orders. The option will appear under the Purchase Order > Purchase Order Summary > Create New Order green button.