Duplicate PO Numbers
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Mike Eastman
We want to use as minimal PO #'s for a job as possible. Currently we cannot create a duplicate PO number. So, we send in our initial PO with the original BOM for the project. Then we get either a change order or just need to order more things for the project, and we are forced to use a new PO number. In order to use the same PO number we have to add the new items to the existing PO and resend it to out vender portal. The problem is that the vendor now gets a 2nd copy of the entire PO BOM and not just the newly added items. This is where we end up with twice as many items at the distributor as they entered the entire PO in twice. It would be super useful to have a way to either just send in the items on a PO that haven't been submitted to the vender portal yet, or allow duplicate PO # creation. Is this a possibility?
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Christopher Hodgdon
I doubt this will be possible as duplicate PO's would create more issues, but I see what you are trying to do. You would probably need to send them into the vendor manually after it's been exported and edited on your end. We have vendors that will bounce back PO's if it is duplicated in their system. it's an error checking process on their end so they don't duplicate an order entry.