A blanket PO is a commitment to buy products or services on an ongoing basis, until a certain maximum is reached. From the seller’s perspective, a PO is a way to offer buyers credit without risk, since the buyer is obligated to pay once the products or services have been delivered.Įach PO has a unique number associated with it that helps both buyer and seller track delivery and payment. The advantage to the buyer is the ability to place an order without immediate payment. The creation and utilization of the Vendor Part Number field will also populate this information on templates you want to incorporate the information into, such as client emails, etc.A purchase order, or PO, is an official document issued by a buyer committing to pay the seller for the sale of specific products or services to be delivered in the future. Now, you will be able to search for the Case Pack you just created and add to your PO by utilizing the Case Pack Search filter The case pack has been created and should appear as such below: Once you have designated the name for the Case Pack and what you want to name the Vendor Part Number as, select Save and Close. A window will populate for you to create the case pack. Select the green ' New Case Pack' button. Navigate to the Catalog and find the SKU you need to issue a PO forĭrill down into the Case Pack tab. To accomplish this, you will use Case Packs as described above.Ĭase Packs are found on the SKU drill down area under 'Case Packs' If you order 100 Widgets from Vendor B, the PO needs to list 'VendorB Widget' with quantity 100 to specify and make searchable by specific vendor part number. However, when you receive the Case on the Purchase Order, it automatically converts the case being received to 100 individual widgets, keeping your inventory accurate and up-to-date. This allows you to order the product from your supplier with their part number and unit of measure. You would create a Case Pack for this supplier called 'Case' and a quantity of 100 per Case. The relationship is from a PO to 0 or more Purchase Requisition Lines, and from each Purchase. And each Purchase Requisition could contain multiple Lines. In AX, a PO can be created from multiple Purchase Requisitions. There is no direct relationship between a PO and Purchase Requisition.

Vendor B calls this â€˜Vendor B Widget' for the part number. View PR List with PO number or PO List with PR Number.

Vendor A calls this product â€˜VendorA Widget' for the part number.

You would need to use Case Packs when creating POs in order to utilize this feature.Īn example of when to use this feature would be when you purchase a product ('Widget') from two vendors, VendorA and VendorB, and want to relate these part numbers to your specific SKU for PO's. More support information on Case Packs can be found here.įirst, it is important to recognize that the Vendor Part Number comes from the Case Pack. This support article will discuss how to locate and utilize Vendor Part Numbers on PO's by using what is known as a Case Pack in Lead Commerce.

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