OTHER INFORMATION

Use this tab to establish information that pertains to the purchase order as a whole. Fill out this tab whenever a purchase order is added to Costpoint and maintain it whenever modifications are needed.

Vendor Terms

Enter, or click to select, the vendor terms for this purchase order. You can establish a default term for this vendor on the Manage Vendors screen. The terms are used to calculate the invoice due date for new vouchers.

FOB Point

Enter the vendor's Free on Board (FOB) information, up to 15 alphanumeric characters. This field indicates how delivery is made; for example, on board (shipping point), or into a carrier by the shipper, without charge (destination). You can establish a default FOB in the Defaults tab of the Manage Vendors screen.

CIS Code

Enter, or click to select, the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) withdrawal code associated with the purchase order. This code is related to the withholding account and organization entered on the Manage Construction Industry Scheme Codes screen in Costpoint Administration. You can assign a default CIS code for this vendor on the Manage Vendors screen.

If this field is populated and you add a line in the main screen table window, the CIS Withholding check box is selected.

Cost Saving Amt

Enter the cost saving amount.

Last Change Date

Whenever a change order is made to a purchase order through the Create Purchase Order Change Orders function, the system date of the latest change order is displayed in this field.

Contact

Use the fields in this group box to enter the vendor contact information.

Last Name

Enter, or click to select, the last name of the vendor contact, up to 25 alphanumeric characters.

First Name

Enter , or click to select, the first name of the vendor contact, up to 25 alphanumeric characters.

Phone

Enter, or click to select, the vendor's telephone number.

Fax

Enter, or click to select, the vendor's fax number.

Acknowledgment Info

Use the fields in this group box to enter acknowledgment information regarding this purchase order.

Required

Select this check box to indicate that this order requires a vendor acknowledgment. Clear this check box if a vendor acknowledgment is not required.

Date

Enter, or click to select, the date the vendor acknowledgment was received.

Vendor Sales Order

Enter the vendor sales order number. You can enter up to 10 alphanumeric characters.

Retain PO

Select this check box to retain the purchase order and prevent data relating to it from being purged, even if it meets purging criteria. If you clear this check box, the purchase order can be purged.

Confirming PO

Select this check box to print "CONFIRMATION" on the purchase order, indicating that this order was previously communicated to the vendor. If you clear this check box, "CONFIRMATION" will not be printed on the purchase order.

PO Printed

Costpoint selects this check box by default once the purchase order has been printed. Any time the purchase order is printed after this check box has been checked, "DUPLICATE" prints on the purchase order, indicating that this order has been previously printed. Clear this check box to prevent "DUPLICATE" from being printed.

GSA

Select this check box to print "GSA" (General Services Administration) on the purchase order. If you clear this check box, "GSA" will not be printed on the purchase order.