Purchase Order Entry

Article02/19/20242 min read

A purchase order represents an agreement between a buyer and a vendor to buy products or services. It also helps in tracking product receipts for the order and accounting for vendor invoices related to it.

Create a Purchase Order

  1. Select the Search icon, enter Purchase Orders, and then choose the related link.

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    The Purchase Orders list page opens.

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  2. On the action bar, select New.

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    The Purchase Order card page opens.

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    Alternatively, you can also access the Purchase Order by selecting New Document > Purchase Order on the action bar of the Vendor Card page.

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  3. On the General FastTab, select the No. and Purchaser Code, check the Document Date. Fill in the Buy-from fields.

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  4. On the Invoice Details FastTab, select or confirm the Currency Code, Payment Terms Code, and Shipment Method Code. Fill in the necessary fields as required.

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  5. On the Shipping and Payment FastTab, select or confirm the Ship-to location. Select Pay-to vendor if applicable.

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  6. On the Lines FastTab, in the Type field, select Item. Enter No. and Description.

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    Alternatively, you can select multiple items at the same time by selecting Manage > Select items on the Lines FastTab

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  7. You can also add other line types such as G/L account or Charge (Item). To add Charge (Item) lines, select Line > Item Charge Assignment.

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  8. On the Item Charge Assignment page, select Suggest Item Charge Assignment.

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  9. Select the way by which the assigned item charge will be distributed when the document has more than one line of item type.

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  10. Click OK.

  11. On the action bar, select Home > Release > Release.

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The purchase order is released.