Release Order

When you have a blanket purchase order in place with a vendor, you use release orders to make incremental purchases against the purchase order or to make changes to the purchase order.

Use a release order:

• To specify item quantities and delivery dates.

• If the blanket order was created with no line items, to specify the items you are purchasing, applying the "not to exceed" amount that is specified in the blanket order.

• As a change order for the blanket purchase order.

A release order has the same approval requirements as its blanket order.

Release Order Numbers

Vision assigns a release order number to each release order. You cannot change the number.

In Purchase Order lookup lists, release orders are displayed by release number. The word Standard displays in the P.O. Type column.