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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Creating a Blanket Purchase Order
Turning on Blankets in the System
In the Classic RTA there is a main switch used to turn on Blanket PO’s in the system including the Web side. The Switch is found in the pull down menu under System > Setup System Switches> Main System Parameters under the Parts Parameters Tab Switch# 14
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Below is the Switch for Blanket PO’s:
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Adding a Blanket to a Vendor
A blanket PO gets added to the Master Vendor Record. To accomplish this:
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The Vendor Screen select the Blanket PO Info Section and hit the 
to Add a Blanket PO Record
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Blanket Info:
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Once the elements are set just hit the Add button
General Use of Blankets
If a blanket PO exists, the option to use the existing blanket PO or to create 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 Classic
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
Refer to Blanket PO Info Tab for information on where blanket PO information lives within the purchase order file.