Create Blanket Purchase Orders/Releases

Exit

Click this button to close the Create Blanket Purchase Orders/Releases window.

Create

Click this button to create blanket purchase orders for the selected date range.

Purchase Order Maintenance

Click this button to display Purchase Order Maintenance, which allows you to view and update a selected purchase order. This button is only available if the Results tab is displayed.

Note If you are not authorized to use Purchase Order Maintenance, the Purchase Order Inquiry window appears instead, and allows you to view information for the purchase order.

Supplier Maintenance

Click this button to display Supplier Maintenance, which allows you to view and edit the supplier for a selected purchase order. This button is only available if the Results tab is displayed.

Note If you are not authorized to use Supplier Maintenance, the Supplier Inquiry window appears instead, and allows you to view information for the supplier.

PO Class

Enter the purchase order class for created blanket purchase orders, or click the Lookup button to select a purchase order class.

Date Range from

Enter the first date in the range of dates for which to create blanket purchase orders and releases, or click the drop-down arrow to select a date.

To

Enter the last date in the range of dates for which to create blanket purchase orders and releases, or click the drop-down arrow to select a date.

Separate by Expected Date

Select this check box to create a separate blanket purchase order for each actual planned receipt date, regardless of location. If you clear this check box, only one blanket purchase order is created for each actual planned receipt date.

Blanket purchase order lines are created for each product, and unfinalized releases are created for each location and date. The release ship Date and delivery Date are calculated based on the supplier lead time and the in-transit lead time. For more information, see DRP - Lead Time Calculation FAQ.

Example This check box is selected and five blanket orders are created for Supplier A, one for each time bucket (12/21/2019, 12/28/2019, 1/4/2020, 1/11/2020 and 1/18/2020), as shown in the table below.

Each purchase order has one line item per product, regardless of the number of locations. For example, the blanket order for 12/28/2019 has two line items, one for product 101 and one for product 102. For that purchase order, three releases are created – one for 1000 of product 101 for location CA, one for 1000 of product 102 for location NJ, and one for 2000 of product 102 for location CA.

Receiving Location

Enter the location prefix to use as the ship-to location prefix for the blanket purchase order(s). This defaults from the default ship-to location for your user ID.

Name

Enter the location name to use as the ship-to location name for the blanket purchase order(s). This defaults from the default ship-to location for your user ID.

Shipper ID

Enter the shipper ID of the carrier that will deliver the ordered products to the ship-to location for each release, or click the Lookup button to select a shipper ID. For information on setting up shipper ID's, see Shipper Maintenance.

Purchase Orders

This grid displays information for purchase orders that were created after you click the Create button in the ribbon, including the supplier code, supplier name, required date, and whether each order is marked as ordered. Double-click a purchase order to display Purchase Order Maintenance, which allows you to view and edit the purchase order.