Purchase Orders overview

A purchase order (PO) is a contract between the buyer of a product and the vendor of a product. In the application, a buyer who intends to store products in your warehouse is referred to as an owner.

The owner can use a fax or telephone to send the facility a copy of the purchase order for items due to arrive, or the information can be downloaded by EDI or a proprietary host interface. Track information from the PO expedites the receipt process.

The owner typically sends the PO before the product arrives at the warehouse using one of the following methods:

• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
• Proprietary host interface
• FAX
• Phone

  When an owner inventory system is integrated with a warehouse management system, EDI downloads communicate directly with the warehouse system. PO information flows automatically to Infor WMS.

When purchase orders arrive by FAX or phone, associates must add them directly into the warehouse management system.