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Learn about the differences between deleting and canceling a purchase order, background information on creating asset and equipment items from purchase orders, and including vendor responses on purchase orders.
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- Purchase Order Types
In the Purchasing application, you can create three types of purchase orders: standard, service, and blanket. - Purchasing Templates
You can use default templates or your own custom templates to produce purchase orders and requests for price quotes that you send to vendors. - Committed Expenses
The cost of a purchased item, service, or capital expenditure appears on a project's financial statements after the voucher payment file is posted. Use the committed expense feature to view these costs before they are vouchered and paid. - Committed Expenses and Multiple Currencies
If you track multiple currencies in DPS, committed expenses are handled in a specific way. - Cost Distribution
Use the cost distribution feature to specify the project, phase, or task to which a purchased item's tax, shipping, and extra amounts are charged when the line item's voucher is posted. - Deleting Versus Canceling a Purchase Order
You can delete or cancel a purchase order. - Creating Asset and Equipment Items from Purchase, Change, and Release Orders
DPS can automatically generate asset items and equipment items in the Equipment hub from the line items that you enter in purchase orders. - Creating Vouchers from Purchase Orders
You can create and post an accounts payable voucher from purchase order line items if you ordered the items or services by using one or more purchase orders created in the Purchasing application and you have the vendors' invoices. If the item is an inventory item, you must have recorded its receipt in the Receiving application. - Vendor Responses on Purchase Orders
Part of the evaluation process may require the inclusion of vendor responses with a purchase requisition or request for price quote.
Parent Topic: Purchase Orders