Purchase Order characteristics
This section on the Characteristics Set page explains the characteristics for the Purchase Order (PO) functionality.
- Fulfill Discrete PO with Receipt
- If this check box is selected, the Discrete PO requirements are considered as fulfilled only if the corresponding receipt is published.
- Allow Discrete PO Negotiation if Shipment Has Occurred
- If this check box is selected, the supplier can negotiate the Discrete PO for which the requirements have been shipped.
- Supplier Can Initiate Discrete PO Negotiation
- If this check box is selected, the supplier can begin the negotiation process for the published Discrete PO.
- Generate PO Acknowledgment for Proposed PO
- If this check box is selected, an acknowledgment is generated when proposed PO is sent (imported).
- Keep PO Open Until the line item quantity is fulfilled
- If this check box is selected, the status of the PO remains Open until the line item quantity is fulfilled.
- Supplier Acceptance Requires Customer Approval
- If this check box is selected, the customer must approve the line items after the supplier has accepted the proposed modifications to the PO.
- Allow Shipment During Discrete PO Negotiation
- If this check box is selected, the supplier can ship when the Discrete PO is under negotiation.
- Generate Discrete PO From Finalized Proposed PO
- If this check box is selected, the Discrete PO is generated from the proposed PO that is accepted by the supplier and approved by the customer.
- Generate PO Acknowledgment For Discrete PO
- If this check box is selected, an acknowledgment is generated when Discrete POs are sent (imported).
- Allow Backorder for PO
- If this check box is selected, the supplier can back order PO (MRO) demand.
- Generate Ack (997/824)
- Indicate whether an Acknowledgment (997) is sent to the supplier after the Advance Ship Notice (ASN) is received.
- Pull Signal UI Label
- The label used in the application for the data sent in the pull signal field.
- PO Reject Level
- Indicate the level at which the supplier
can reject the purchase orders. Possible values:
- None
- Header
- Line Item
- Part number length
- Indicate the maximum number of characters allowed for the part number.
- Carrier Code Types
- Indicate the type of carrier codes used for the shipments.
- Receipt Status Code
- Indicate the type of receipts
sent. Possible values:
- Explicit: The receipt includes details of the parts received in the shipment.
- Exception: The receipt includes only the details of the parts with discrepancies (rejected or missing parts).
- Custom ASN Class Name
- The name of the file containing the customer-defined ASN validations not handled by the generic process. If the ASN validation is to be performed that are not covered by the generic validation, a custom ASN class must be created by developers.
- Logo File
- The filename of the customer logo. The specified customer logo is displayed in the application and is printed on the reports generated. You can click , to upload the logo file.
- Do Not Close Discrete POs On Shipper Publish
- If this check box is selected, the POs are not set to Closed when the line items are fulfilled by shipping.
- Close ASN only upon full receipt of shipper
- If this check box is selected, the ASN is set to Closed only after the requirements specified on the shipper are received.
- Allow Supplier to use Own Carrier Codes
- If this check box is selected, the supplier can create carrier codes for the shipments.