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Open Purchase Orders

Open Purchase Orders

The Pending POs page (Purchase Orders) features a listing of all pending purchase orders in the Warehouse Management System software. There are columns for Selection Check Box, State, PO Number, Vendor, Client, Warehouse, Designation, Dock, Appt Number, Appt Date (Appointment Number and Date; used when product is to be delivered on a specific date, typically the Delivery driver will coordinate with the Warehouse dispatcher) and created. There are also four buttons at the top right. First button is “Data Entry” with two options: New (create a new purchase order) and To Draft (assign a selected PO to draft status). Second button is “Receiving” with three options: Release to Floor (move a PO out of draft status and make it an active Task that needs to be done), Assign Operator (assign a purchase order to a particular operator) and Assign Dock Door (assign a purchase order to a particular dock door). Third button is “Other” with two options: Email (for sending Email Notification to a third party) and Delete (delete a selected PO from the list). Last button is “Refresh” (to update the list after any changes have been made). The “Export All Data” button is located just under the four buttons previously described, appearing as a black folder encircling a white X. Both Appt Date columns and Created columns feature a Calendar button upon the right side. Selecting that button will produce a drop-down menu from which to select a date from the Calendar.

. Select the “Submit” button and the P4 Warehouse system will open the Purchase Order page.

about this purchase order. Below that is the Header section for editing Vendor, Warehouse, Reference and Comments. On the right is the Appointment section where the purchase order can be applied to a Carrier, given a carrier Number, a Scheduled option to choose a date with a drop-down Calendar menu, a Dock Door option and the “Assign” text selection option.

and Action. The top right corner of the purchase order page features three buttons. The “Update” button will revise the purchase order profile with any changes made. The “Release to floor” button sets the purchase order into the next active state, typically Not Received. All purchase orders are in Draft state until selecting the “Release to floor” button. Once a Purchase Order is released, select the “To Draft” button to revert the PO back to a Draft state. Select the “Refresh” button to display changes.

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