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Purchase Order Maintenance - Purpose
Purchase Order Maintenance - Purpose
PO180E
The Purchase Order Maintenance program (PO180E) allows the user to maintain purchase orders. Four types of maintenance are allowed:
· Add a new purchase order
· Change an existing purchase order
· Close a purchase order
· Reopen a closed purchase order
For an add transaction, the Purchase Order Header record is created. The user is given the option whether to create line detail records and line release detail records.
For a change transaction, all purchase order records can be maintained. New lines can be added from the recap screen when F18 - Add Lines is pressed.
Closing an order automatically updates all the related data base records (such as requisitions and warehouse balance records).
Reopening an order processes only the update of all the Purchase Order Header status records for the Purchase Order data base (header, line, release).
Three order types are supported:
· Blanket orders are generally used for periodic and regular purchases of manufacturing or non-manufacturing parts. This is the default.
· Phantom orders are used for outside-processed manufacturing orders.
· Single orders are for occasional or variable purchases.
For blanket and single orders, the user can decide whether the purchase order is created for a direct ('D') or a warehouse ('W') shipment. Phantom orders can have warehouse-ship line types only.
The Purchase Order Maintenance program (PO180E) can also be run in an asynchronous mode to automatically close purchase orders and requisition orders when receiving is performed through the Receipt Quantity Control program (PO220E), the Multi-line Receipt Maintenance program (PO270E).
