Setting up Purchase Order

If you purchase inventory from vendors, you must set up the Purchase Order application. This procedure provides a checklist of Purchase Order setup tasks. For more specific information, see the Purchase Order User Guide.

To set up Purchase Order

  1. Access Procurement Group (PO00.1) and define your procurement group.
  2. Access Company Setup (PO01.1) and define your Purchase Order company.
  3. Access Ship Terms (PO02.1) and define at what point the buyer or seller has possession of the merchandise during shipment.
  4. Access PO Vendor (PO10.1) and define vendor information. Consider the following:
    • Contact information

    • Issue methods for original and revised purchase orders

    • Mix Contracts on a PO

    • GTIN/GLN printing functionality

    • Shipping terms and methods

    • Purchase limits and tolerances