Creating Purchase Orders from Requisitions

Using the Create POs From Requisitions form, you can specify ranges of requisition numbers, dates, and vendor numbers for which to automatically create purchase orders. You can create purchase orders for requisition details that do not have vendor numbers, assigning the vendors either by creating purchase orders for only one vendor number or by selecting a vendor type used with items in Inventory Control.

Optional Fields. When you create a purchase order from more than one requisition, the fields on the Optional Fields tab will be taken from the first requisition that you select.

Purchase orders created by vendor type.You can create purchase orders by vendor type. The following example describes the purchase order details that are created when a vendor type is specified.

Assume purchase orders will be created from the following requisition details, and that details with blank vendor numbers are selected for vendors who are Vendor1 in the item records:

Line Number	Item Number	Vendor Number	Vendor 1 in Item Record
1	A1-103/0	Blank	1200
2	A1-400/0	Blank	1400
3	A1-401/0	Blank	1350
4	A1-650/0	1200	1500

These details would create three purchase orders, one each for vendors 1200, 1400, and 1350.

The purchase order for vendor 1200 would include two item details because vendor 1200 is assigned in the item record as the selected vendor type for line1, and specified as the vendor number for line 4.

Note: You cannot mix job-related and non-job-related requisitions when creating purchase orders. If you use Project and Job Costing and are creating POs from both types of requisitions, you must run this function twice.

For more information, choose:

Consolidating requisition details on purchase orders

Posting purchase orders created from requisitions

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