In a central purchasing scheme, you can combine branch needs to meet a vendor target. You can determine how each branch replenishes material. If vendors can deliver to each branch individually, you can convert the single suggested purchase order (P/O) into individual purchase orders. If vendors can deliver to only some branches individually, you can combine the suggested P/O into a single P/O and use Drop Points Maintenance to determine how the deliveries should be made. You can also print the P/O generations individually or combined by drop points. If vendors deliver only to a single branch, you can create central P/O transfers to replenish material for the remaining branches.
These flags are set per buy line within Buy Line Maintenance. Set the Combine on Central P/O flag to create a single P/O with one generation per branch when you convert the Suggested P/O.
From the Purchase > Maintenance, select Buy Line Maintenanceto display the Buy Line Maintenance window.
In the Buy Line ID field, enter the buy line name and press Enter.
The buy line information displays.
From the Information menu, select Additional Data to display the Buy Line Additional Data window.
In the Combining on Central P/O field, enter Yes or No as follows:
Yes - If you create a Suggested P/O for this buy line and there are multiple receiving branches for items on the purchase order, the system combines all the items for all the branches under one purchase order number.
No - If you create a Suggested P/O for this buy line and there are multiple receiving branches for items on the purchase order, the system creates a separate purchase order for each branch. Each branch then has a different purchase order with a different number. This is the default.
If you want to automatically
create transfers for central purchase order at the buy line level,
set the Create Central P/O Transfers
to Yes. Before setting to
Yes, review the restrictions and implications for this functionality;
see
Exit the window to return to Buy Line Maintenance.
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