Purchasing & Receiving

3 | Creating a Multi-Supplier Bulk P.O.

This article covers the process of creating a bulk P.O.

This article covers the process of creating a bulk P.O. for multiple suppliers from Backoffice

Prerequisites

  • To access and edit Purchases Order Settings, the applicable Operator Privileges will need to be enabled:
    • Operator Maintenance 'Stock Control' Tab
      • Purchasing and Receiving: "Create / Edit Purchase Orders" Flags

Step-By-step Guide

  • When creating Purchase Orders, the operators can select Multiple Suppliers on creation
    • Select  Stock Control > Purchasing & Receiving to open the Purchase Order List 
    • Select New Purchase Order from the top menu 
    • A prompt will appear to select a supplier
    • The sample below is an example of select Multi Supplier

  • Once the Suppliers have been selected, Click on the Select Supplier Button on the top of the prompt
  • Another prompt will appear to select the type of purchase order
  • Min/Max, From Sales and user defined are the options that will work with Multiple Suppliers, Select Min/Max, From Sales or user defined to proceed
  • A new window will open in back office Called Edit PO #xxx:All Suppliers. sample Below

  • Select Post Purchase Order
  • A prompt message will display if there are Multiple Suppliers Selected
  • In the sample below the message asks that the PO will split for each Supplier 

  • Select YES to proceed, Selecting NO will return the operators to the Edit P.O Screen
  • Once  YES is selected, the system will split the P.O's and a prompt with a message as below will appear
  • Select Ok to View Split P.O's