A blanket PO is a PO in which a vendor doesn't need approval for everything that is purchased from them. Blanket POs are usually good for a specified period of time and have a set budget limit. Each time a PO is manually created, the RTA system checks to see if the vendor has an existing blanket PO.
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Blanket POs can not be set up in Web at this time. Refer to Adding/Changing Blanket POs for information on setting these up in Desktop |
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Blanket POs can only be used if turned on via System Switch #14 in Parts Parameters in Desktop |
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If a blanket PO exists, the option to use the existing blanket PO or to cut a new, non-blanket PO is given
Auto-generated POs automatically use the blanket PO if one exists
As parts are ordered on blanket POs, the system tallies the cost of the parts purchased.
The displayed purchase totals include part tax paid if System Switch #24 is set to Yes in Parts Parameters in Desktop
Warning messages are displayed if the blanket PO has expired or if an order exceeds the allowable budget
When a blanket PO has expired or the budget limit has been reached and more parts need to be ordered, you can either
exceed the existing blanket PO budget amount (password level 1 is required)
increase the current blanket PO budget amount
create a new blanket PO
create a regular (non-blanket) PO