Receiving Purchase Order Items
To take advantage of the purchasing authorizations established during the requisition and purchasing process, goods and services received need to be referenced against a purchase order.
Steps in receiving a shipment against a purchase order might include:
Selecting the purchase order.
Receiving and rejecting shipment quantities.
Viewing purchase order comments on receipt lines.
Viewing receipt lines.
Entering receipt header and line comments.
Entering asset information.
Entering receipt activities.
Entering inventory putaway information.
Entering serial, lot, and tag information.
Entering device-tracking information.
Not all of these actions are required for every purchase order receipt. It depends on the items received and the method of receiving.