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 confirm it.

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 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.
   
   
   

Notice that once the PO is created its Status is Confirmed and the vendor can proceed to add the PO to an AWB (or automatically added to a temporary AWB, for more information please read How to Create a Temporary AWB)