Methods to create purchase orders

In Purchasing, there are several ways in which to create purchase orders and prepare them for the vendor:

• Create

  Create is the manual method of creating a purchase order. The form contains all of the required and optional purchase order fields.

• Quick Create

  Use this wizard, to create a purchase order by specifying only a sub-set of header fields and line information.

• Create From Blanket

  Blanket contracts contain pre-negotiated lists of items. Using this method, select an existing blanket contract.

• Create From Template

  Templates contain the default values when you often use the same data for new purchase orders, for example, items that are purchased often.

• Create From Purchase Order

  Copy an existing purchase order and edit the information to create a new purchase order.

• Create Purchase Order from Purchase Requests

  Purchase orders can be created from purchase requests and requests can be added to an existing purchase order.