Use this screen to enter and amend details of a purchase order.

You may enter a Purchase Order number or you may leave the field empty. If the field is left blank the next PO number is generated for you.

The next number for the sequence can be modified from the Business Profile Maintenance screen via the Stock tab.

The supplier list contains all active suppliers associated with the business.

Click the box if the Supplier Bill for the purchase order is to be directed to the Branch.

The PO will display the bill-to and ship-to addresses as the same, and the the Bill will be charged to the Branch P&L.

The memo field can be used to enter free format descriptive text.

Check the box to close the Purchase Order and remove it from the listing.
Only do this when all goods have been received and the bill raised.

If the box is checked before any goods have been received the PO is removed with no impact.
If there has been a partial receipt then the goods remain recorded in the stock and goods received accounts but no bill can be created from the PO listing; it will need to be done from the normal Create Bill process.

Select from the dropdown list a Stock Item to be ordered. If a Stock Item does not exist it will need to be added via the add Stock Item process.

Enter the Supplier reference, catalogue or part number for the Stock Item .

If a Supplier Reference for the predominant Supplier has been recorded against the Stock Item then this is prepopulated. Overwrite as necessary.

Enter the quantity of the stock item to be ordered.

The current unit cost of the selected stock item displayed for convenience and to help you monitor changing prices from your supplier.

When using standard pricing the value may be appropriate to copy to the unit price field for the PO item by clicking the button. The unit price field is the value that must match the price agreed with your supplier for the purchase you are processing.

Enter the unit purchase price for the stock item being ordered.

The Total Price is the quantity extended by the unit purchase price

The allocation of the purchase overhead applicable to the line item. This may be edited as necessary.

The purchase overhead is added to the price for stock valuation purposes.

Tick the box if the transaction is a stock return (in effect a negative purchase order).

A purchase overhead, for say carriage or insurance, can be added to the purchase order and then allocated to the line items using a quantity or value basis.

The purchase overhead is added to the price for stock valuation purposes.

May be left blank if necessary.

If a purchase overhead is being applied, an allocation method can be selected. Tick either a quantity or value basis. When the PO is SUBMITTED an amount of the overhead is then allocated to each line item.

The amounts allocated may be subsequently overwritten.

The allocation method is only available on the occasion of the PO creation and not on edit.