MAINTAIN PO EXPEDITING NOTES

Use this screen to enter comments pertaining to a specific purchase order and its PO Lines, that is not standard text and will not be printed on the purchase order. These Notes will only be viewed internally by various personnel as this purchase order flows through the system.

Establish this screen after the purchase order has been entered, and maintain it whenever purchase order notes need to be entered or modified.

PO

Enter, or use Lookup to select, a PO for which expediting notes will be entered. Use Find or Query to select and maintain existing PO expediting notes. The purchase order you select must already exist in the system.

Release

If this is a blanket purchase order release, enter its release number.

Change Order

If a change order number has been assigned to the purchase order selected, it will be displayed and cannot be changed.

Type

This non-editable field displays the type of purchase order (purchase order, blanket order, release order) assigned in the Enter POs screen.

Status

The system-defined status of the purchase order will be displayed and cannot be changed. This will indicate the status of the purchase order as: "Pending," "Open," "Closed, "System Closed," or "Void."

Buyer

This non-editable field displays the buyer assigned to this purchase order in Enter POs.

Vendor

These non-editable fields display the vendor ID and vendor name assigned to this purchase order in the Enter POs screen.

Expediting Notes

Enter the free-form text that will be the expediting notes associated with this purchase order.