Purchasing

These processing options specify the information the system uses to create purchase orders during kanban processing.

1. Create Purchase Order

Specify a value that the system uses to create a purchase order for kanban-controlled items. When you enter 1 in the Create a Purchase Order field, the system creates a purchase order when you check out the last card or container in the kanban. When you enter 2 in the processing option, the system checks for an open purchase order that meets the checkout requirements before it creates a new purchase order.

You can enter 1 or 2 in the processing option to automatically release a kanban quantity from an open blanket order. Values are:

Blank: Use purchase order already created.

1: Create a new purchase order.

2: Find existing purchase order. If none exists, create a new purchase order.

3: Find existing purchase order using Transaction Date Range. If none exists create a new purchase order.

2. Transaction Date Range

Search for an existing purchase order created between the Date - From and Date - Thru.

Date - From

Enter a date. If you leave the field blank, the system uses the current date.

Date - Thru (date - through)

Enter a date. If you leave the field blank, the system uses the current date.

3. EDI 862 Transaction

Specify whether to automatically trigger an EDI 862 transaction. Values are:

Blank: Do not trigger an EDI 862 transaction.

1: Trigger an EDI 862 transaction.