Road Map: PO Maintenance

Use the PO Maintenance (VOE) program to enter a new purchase order or change an existing order. See Background for more information.

Before you run this program each time

You may have run these programs to create a PO:

Requisition Maintenance (IRM) to enter requisitions and release them to create purchase orders.
Order Release Selection (MRR) to release purchase requisitions that were created by the planning system.
Rejected Material Disposition (MRB) to select a return to vendor disposition.
Sales Order Maintenance (OE) to enter a sales order and create a manufacturing order for a drop shipment or out-of-stock item.

Before you run this program the first time

You should run these programs:

System Options Maintenance (XM) (Purchasing Options) to set the Print company name on PO?, Disable purchase order firewall? and S=Std, A=Actl, M=Matl cost for reqs/POs options.

(Optional) Purchase order approvals required? option.
System Options Maintenance (XM) (Inventory Control Options) to set the Inventory interfaced to GL? option.
System Options Maintenance (XM) (Accounts Payable Options) to set the AP interfaced to purchasing? option.
System Options Maintenance (XM) (Enterprise Options) to set the Sales tax license desc 1 and Sales tax license desc 2 options.
System Options Maintenance (XM) (Enterprise Options) to select a date display format for your enterprise, Branch Maintenance (TBM) to select a date display format for your branch, or User Maintenance (UIM) to select a date display format for an individual user.

(Optional) Select the Approval notification device.
Numbering System Setup (XOC) to set up purchase order number assignment and set the Allow override? option.
User Fields Maintenance (XMO) to set up custom fields your company uses.
Audit Trail Maintenance (XAT) to activate system logging of entries and changes.
Vendor Maintenance (VM) to set up vendors.
Branch Maintenance (TBM) to set up branches.
Customer Maintenance (CM) to set up customer records.
Vendor Ship-to Maintenance (VSM) to set up vendor ship-to numbers.
Branch Ship-to Maintenance (TBSM) to set up new branch ship-to numbers.
Customer Ship-to Maintenance (CSM) to set up customer ship-to addresses.
Buyer / Planner Codes Maintenance (TNM) to set up buyer codes.
FOB Codes Maintenance (TOB) to set up FOB codes.
Ship Via Codes Maintenance (TSV) to set up ship via codes.
Terms Codes Maintenance (TER) to set up payment terms codes.

Country Codes Maintenance (TCC) to define country codes and labels for state and postal codes fields.
State Descriptions Maintenance (TSM) to set up state codes.
Postal Codes Maintenance (TZM) to set up postal codes.
Manufacturing Order Maintenance (MIM) to enter a manufacturing order, and optionally obligate components.

Requisition Maintenance (IRM) to create a requisition and release a manufacturing order.

OR

Consolidate Manufacturing Requisitions (MOCR) to release multiple manufacturing requisitions to create a single manufacturing order.

OR

Planned Order Maintenance (MOP) to enter planned orders, and then Order Release Preparation (MPR) and Order Release Selection (MRR) to release the orders.

Sales Order Maintenance (OE) to enter a sales order and generate a manufacturing order for:

A make-to-order item (the Item code field in the Enterprise Item Maintenance (IM) program that matches the immediate supply item code option in System Options Maintenance (XM) (Inventory Control Options))
A subassembly (the Item code field in the Enterprise Item Maintenance (IM) program for the item and its components matches the Subassembly release type option in System Options Maintenance (XM) (Manufacturing Options)
A configured product that requires assembly
An item you make is not in inventory, the order entry operator clicks Manufacture in manual obligation mode, and the Disable mfg order firewall? option in System Options Maintenance (XM) (Manufacturing Options) is selected

Bill of Material Maintenance (MIM) to enter a BOM and part designators for components.
Routing Maintenance (RTM) to set up a purchased service operation.
Enterprise Item Maintenance (IM) to set up inventory items for your enterprise.
Branch Item Maintenance (IMB) to set up inventory items for your branch.
Item Status Codes (TISM) to set up item status codes.
Vendor Price Maintenance (VMM) to enter vendor-item prices, the QA approved? field, the vendor's item number, and any surcharges.
Unit of Measure Codes Maintenance (TUM) to set up units of measure.
Reason Codes Maintenance (TRCM) to set up codes that are used to explain order holds and date changes.
GL Account Maintenance (GMM) to set up GL organization codes and GL accounts.
Posting Criteria Maintenance (XPC) to set up accounts for automatic posting to general ledger.
Product Class Codes Maintenance (TPC) to set up product classes.
Vendor Advance Shipping Notice (VSN) to import a vendor's advance shipping notice.
Output Device Maintenance (XDM) to set up the output devices you plan to use.
Date-Output Device Maintenance (ZE) to select your default output device and set whether you can override that device.

After you run this program

You will most likely run these programs:

PO Print Queue (VOPPM) to process the queue.

OR

PO Print (VOP) to print or reprint a purchase order.

PO Detail Inquiry (VOQ) to display the purchase order.

PO Inquiry (VOI) to display a summarized purchase order.

PO Date Revision (VDR) to change wanted and promised dates of an item in open purchase orders.
Purchase Order Report (VPR) to print a summary or detailed report of purchase orders.
PO Expedite Report (VER) to print a list of past due purchase orders; that is, purchase orders that have not been received or have been received incomplete.
POs by Vendor Inquiry (VEV) to display purchase orders for a vendor.
Parts on Order Listing (VPL) to print a list of purchase order lines and item quantities.
POs by Vendor by Item Inquiry (VII) to display purchase orders for a vendor and item.

POs by Item by Vendor Inquiry (VIV) to display purchase orders for an item and vendor.

Audit Trails (ATR) to print an audit trail report for this program.