CREATE BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER RELEASES

Use this screen to create a release from a blanket purchase order (PO). You must already have established the blanket PO on the Manage Purchase Orders screen.

If the vendor is flagged as a payroll vendor, if its Vendor Status for PO is On Hold, or if the vendor has an Approval Code of Not Approved, the release cannot be created.

If the vendor has an Approval Code of Pending, Costpoint displays a warning, and the purchase order release is saved with a status of Pending for both the PO line and PO header.

This screen has two tabs:

When you open the screen, a search criteria screen displays for you to select a blanket PO.

Location

Identification

Blanket PO

This field displays the Blanket PO from which the release will be created.

Table Window

Line

Line numbers associated with the blanket lines display in this field and cannot be modified.

Copy

If you have selected the Copy All Blanket Lines check box, this check box is selected. You can select this check box to allow this line item to be copied to the release.

Item

This field loads the value from the PO blanket line and can be modified if the Restrict Release Items to Items on Blanket drop-down list in the Blanket Info tab of the Manage Purchase Orders screen is No.

Rev, Description

The item revision and description associated with this item display in these fields.

Line Type

This non-editable field displays the line type. The values can be:

Misc Type

Enter, or click to select, a valid miscellaneous charge type, as applicable.

This field is only accessible when the Item field is left blank and the Line Type field displays M.

You must have established the type in the Manage Line Charge Types screen.

Status

This non-editable field displays the purchase order line status. This data defaults from the Status field in the Header tab of the Manage Purchase Orders screen.

This field can display any of the following system-defined options:

U/M

These fields display information from the Manage Purchase Orders screen.

Unreleased Blkt Qty

This field displays the blanket quantity that has not been released and is system-calculated.

Release Qty

Enter the quantity to be released for this item.

Gross Unit Cost

This field displays information from the PO blanket line which you can modify if you select No in the Do Not Exceed Blanket Gross Unit Cost on Rel Line drop-down list in the Blanket Info tab of the Manage Purchase Orders screen.

Volume Discount

This field displays information from the PO blanket line which you can modify. Changing this value will cause the Net Unit Cost field to be recalculated.

Net Unit Cost

This field displays information from the PO blanket line and can be modified. Changing this value will cause the Volume Discount field to be recalculated.

Unreleased Amt

This field displays the blanket amount that has not been released and is system-calculated.

Release Amt

If this is an amount-only blanket line, enter the amount of this release.

Due Date

The due date from the blanket PO displays here which you can modify. Enter, or click to select, a due date.

Original Due Date

The original due date from the blanket PO displays here which you can modify. Enter, or click to select, a date.

Desired Date

The desired date from the blanket PO displays here. Enter, or click to select, a different date.

Start Date, End Date, Inv Abbrev, Warehouse, Manufacturer, BOM Configuration, Ship ID, Deliver To, Requisition Number

These fields display information from the blanket PO and can be modified.

Func Currency Gross Unit Cost

This field displays the gross unit cost from the blanket PO. It is displayed in your company's functional currency.

Func Currency Net Unit Cost

This field displays the net unit cost from the blanket PO. It is displayed in your company's functional currency.

Func Currency Release Amt

The amount of this blanket PO that has been released displays in this field in your company's functional currency.

Func Currency Unreleased Amt

The amount of this blanket PO that has not yet been released displays in this field in your company's functional currency.

Subtasks

Subtask

Description

Exchange Rates

Click this link to open the Exchange Rates subtask to view exchange rate information.

Header Documents

Click this link to open the Header Documents subtask to assign documents to the purchase order header.

Line Documents

Click this link to open the Line Documents subtask to assign documents to the purchase order line.