Blanket purchase order

A Blanket Order (BL) purchase order is an order you place with your vendor for a large quantity of products that you must receive in increments. Generally, the BL purchase order covers a longer time period, with portions of the items shipped on specific release dates, and possibly to different addresses. BL purchase orders are most often used to guarantee prices and deliveries over that period.

Blanket Order (BL) purchase orders are created in Purchase Order Entry by selecting the BL order type.

The BL purchase order is split into multiple smaller purchase orders, called Blanket Releases, through the Purchase Blanket Release Entry. The related Blanket Releases (BR) are created as Stage 0 [Entered].

During Purchase Entry RRAR Merge Process Report, each BR is checked to determine if the correct conversion date is reached. If the order date is less than or equal to the current date, the BR stage is changed to Stage 1 [Ordered]. The quantity ordered is added to the Product Warehouse Product Setup-Costs On Order Quantity field. The order date and due dates are based on the date the order is converted. The Ignore Lead Time option is not selected. All regular processing and updating occurs as the BR flows through the regular purchase order processing workflow, such as, printing and receiving.

You can also convert BRs in Purchase Entry Processing Convert POs Report.

To review BL type POs, run the Purchase Blanket Orders Report, or search for BL or BR-type orders in Purchase Order Inquiry.

You cannot cancel a BL purchase order that has existing Blanket Releases remaining. The BR must first be deleted in Purchase Blanket Release Entry before you can cancel the BL purchase order.