Purchase Orders Parameter Group

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AllowEditPOs

If TRUE, when viewing an existing Purchase Order, you will be able to edit many of the fields, such as Qty. Ordered, Qty. Received, etc., and add and delete line items. If FALSE, you cannot edit purchase orders once they have been created.

AlwaysSavePOWork

If you close the Purchase Orders form without saving new PO's that you are working on, the program will ask if you want to save your work so you can return to finish it later. If this parameter is True, the program will save your work without asking. You can clear it later when you re-open the PO form.

The PO Invoicing System, by default, allows the merchant to enter and post an invoice amount higher than the original PO total. Set this parameter to True to force the user to balance the invoice amount to the amount of the original PO.

Enter the number of days the PO system should look back to include backorders (default = 30) when automatically generating purchase orders.

Default template for purchase orders sent by automated fax. Can be over-ridden by settings for individual Suppliers.

Determines how Qty to order is calculated when automatically adding items to POs abbreviation for Point of Sale. The cash register interface for use with walk-in business at "brick and mortar" stores. Used with barcode scanners and cash drawers. Sales made on the POS screen draw from the same inventory as orders imported from online stores.:

Order Quantity: If Qty on Hand - Backorders is less than or equal to the reorder point, order the greater of (Backorders - Qty on Hand - Qty on Order) or the Reorder Quantity.

Target Quantity: If Qty on Hand - Backorders is less than Target Qty, order enough to get back to Target Qty.

Delayed Target: Wait until (Qty on Hand - Backorders) is less than or equal to the Reorder Point, then order enough to get back to the Target Qty.

If cancelling an "expected" record for a drop-ship PO from the Purchase Orders screen, the program will reduce the "needed" quantities on the customer's order by the cancelled amount. Should the cancelled amount exceed the needed amount on the item, the remainder can be pulled from the quantity shipped (True) or left as is (False - default)

When cancelling "received" records on drop-ship POs and not converting to expected records, the system will reduce the quantity shipped on the line item individual items listed on an order in the order. If the quantity shipped is less than the quantity being cancelled, the system will ask the user if the remainder being cancelled should be pulled from the quantity needed (YES) or only reduce the shipped amounts and leave quantity needed as is (NO).

When cancelling "received" records at the PO if set to "Prompt" the user will be asked if they want to convert the received records to expected records. If set to "Yes" then the records are automatically changed from received to expected. If set to "No" Then received records are cancelled. If the item is part of a drop-ship PO, the system will remove "shipped" quantities from the item only if the "No" option one of the possible choices for a product's attribute; for example, blue is an option for the product attribute of color is set or chosen.

Name of person at your company that vendors should contact if there is a problem with a purchase order.

Misc. parameters used for placing purchase orders via mail, fax or email.

Email address to which vendors should sent confirmations.

Default template for purchase orders sent by email. Can be over-ridden by settings for individual Suppliers.

Name of report to use when printing file copies of purchase orders.

Set to True to limit the Invoicing System to only allow Invoicing against "Received/Shipped" PO line items.

Default template for purchase orders sent by mail. Can be over-ridden by settings for individual Suppliers.

Default template for purchase orders printed for manual faxing. Can be over-ridden by settings for individual Suppliers.

Name of report to use for emailing Purchase Orders as PDF Portable Document Format - an electronic file format created by Adobe Systems files.

Telephone number of person at your company whom vendors should contact if there is a problem with a purchase order.

Print file copies of all purchase orders?

This parameter controls the default setting for the "Print Labels for all items received" checkbox on the Receiving form

When received inventory is Posted, print a report with the new data?

Field to sort items in PO email messages by.