About Purchasing
Purchase orders and requisitions are created based on the information entered in the Supply Resource Dictionary. Receiving, adjustment and physical inventory are all done based on the Item Master, which is a direct reflection of the information entered into the dictionary.
You can create purchase orders in two ways in the Inventory Management module:
- Direct method: The Direct method is the one in which you click the Purchase Order option in the Purchasing section on the sheet bar and then click Create New PO and fill out the details.
- Order requisition: The Order requisition method is the one in which you click the Order requisition option in the Purchasing section on the sheet bar, create a :shopping cart” list of items to be ordered, and then create appropriate Purchase Orders for each vendor associated to the selected items directly from the requisition. This option is often used if there is more than one person involved in the ordering process, as it allows for the supervisor to review the items to be ordered prior to the PO actually being created.