Inventory Purchase Orders tab

Purchase Order tab Overview

The Inventory Details window - Purchase Order tab, shown in Figure 1, displays information about existing purchase orders and provides a method of queuing the current inventory part for addition to a purchase order.

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Figure 1: The Purchase Order tab

In the example in Figure 1, an existing purchase order is displayed with the Department, Quantity, PO Number, Status, Supplier, Order Date, Expected Date and Customer, if present is visible. You can edit or view the purchase order by clicking [Edit/View PO].

You can also run the Special Orders report specifically for the current inventory part by clicking [Special Orders Report]. The report will be displayed with the specific Item selected, ready to be built. See Special Orders Report for more information on the use and purpose of this report.

If you wish to order more of the current inventory part, you can enter a quantity in the Quantity to Order box, the [Send to P.O.] button is enabled once a quantity other than zero is entered. You can also add comments to the queue that is available to the purchase order when adding the queued parts. Click [Send to P.O.] to queue the quantity for the next purchase order created for the supplier. For information on creating purchase orders from queued parts, see Queued Orders tab in the Purchase Order window.

Some tab functions work in relation to the window's Toolbar. Click Toolbar to view detailed information about the Toolbar button options.

See also: Inventory Details window