PO Info Button

The system will allow the user to purchase a material using one costing method (e.g. “Drums”) and to inventory the same material using a different costing method (e.g. “Pounds”).

To do this, click the PO Info button and the system will display the Purchasing Information for: … screen.

Data Fields (see explanation using an example):

• Purchasing Unit Description

• Purchasing Costing Method

• Purchasing Factor

• Divide By

Example:

The user would like to purchase ink in 50 gal drums but will inventory (and estimate) the ink in pounds.  Therefore, the Purchasing Unit Description would be “Drum”; the Purchasing Costing Method would be “Per Each”.  

Furthermore, if we assume that there will be 90# of ink in each purchased drum then the Purchasing Factor would be “90”.

In this example, if the user purchases and receives “1” drum of ink, the system would increase the inventory by “90” pounds (i.e. “1” drum x “90”). If, however, the user for some reason would like to divide and not multiply the PO Quantity , then the user would select the Divide By checkbox option.