Purchase Orders

Purchase orders are documents that authorize the purchase of goods or services from a vendor. The work order form displays a read-only grid of associated purchase orders, so you can quickly reference relevant purchasing information without navigating away from the work order update process.

Access the Purchase orders section from within the Work orders > Purchasing tab.

The Purchase orders section includes:

• PO number: Unique identifier assigned to a purchase order. It's used to track and manage the order throughout its lifecycle.

• Vendor: The vendor used to purchase the goods.

• Status: Identifies the current state or progress of the a purchase order. Statuses include: PENDG - Pending, ISSUE - Issued, CANCL - Canceled. CMPLT - Complete, and CLOSE - Closed.

• Sub status: Provides a more specific classification to the primary status code.

• Buyer name: Identifies the buyer. This helps you track different purchase orders created by various buyers.

• Ship to: Refers to the warehouse delivery address where the ordered goods should be sent.

• Date orig: The purchase order creationdate.