You use this form to provide the general settings for functionality related to purchase orders, such as numbering sequences for purchasing documents, validation requirements for purchase orders and receipts, approval and mailing settings, and the default freight expense account and subaccount.
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This tab contains three groups of settings that affect the basic purchase operations.
By using this section, you can specify the numbering sequences to be used for purchase orders and receipts created on the Purchase Orders (PO301000) and Purchase Receipts (PO302000) forms.
This section includes options to require the validation of document totals during data entry for purchase receipts as well as various types of purchase orders.
This section includes options that control how the purchase price variance amounts are processed in the system. This section is available only if the Inventory feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.
This section includes an element that defines whether the system validates the lines of AP bills against the lines of purchase orders.
You use this section to specify the account and subaccount to be used to record freight expenses incurred on purchases, as well as miscellaneous settings related to document processing.
You use this tab to configure approvals for purchase orders. This tab includes the Require Approval check box and the Approval Maps table, which lists (if the check box is selected) the assignment maps used to assign purchase orders of different types to employees for approval.
This tab is available only if the Approval Workflow feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.
You use this table to select the assignment map for each purchase order type. You can specify more than one map for a document type if multiple approvals are required for documents of the type.
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The Mailing & Printing tab contains the list of predefined mailings that can be used for printing documents, or for sending purchase orders and other documents to vendors electronically (by email). Reporting settings specified on this tab will be used as the default values for mailing and printing settings specified for vendor classes, which in turn will be used as the default values for setting up mailing and printing for particular vendors. For an overview of this functionality, see Configuring Predefined Mailings for Customers and Vendors. For details on setting up vendor mailings, see To Set Up Mailings for Vendors.
This tab contains the following tables: Default Sources and Default Recipients.
In the Default Sources table, you can view and modify the active mailings that can be used to send emails to vendors and employees. For each mailing, you can select either a report or an email template to be used by default as the body of the email.
This table contains the default recipient types for the mailing selected in the Default Sources table. Generally, this list provides default contact types for vendor classes if any of these mailings will be selected for a class.
By using the settings on this tab, you can configure the workflow of the automated receiving operations. This tab is displayed only if the Warehouse Management and Receiving features are enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.
The settings on this tab are branch-specific; the system uses the settings specified on this tab for a particular branch as the default settings for all users working in this branch. A user can override some of these settings (for his or her own user account) in the Settings dialog box on the Receive and Put Away (PO302020) form.
By using the settings in this section, you can define which receiving operations can be performed in an automated manner by using a barcode scanner.
By using the settings in this section, you can configure the workflow of the automated receiving operations.