Understanding Blanket Orders for Production Controlled Items
You can enter a blanket order when you have an agreement with a supplier to purchase a certain quantity or amount of goods over a period of time. When you enter a blanket order, you must specify the entire quantity or amount of the item or service to order.
You enter and print a blanket order in the same way that you enter and print a purchase order. To enter a blanket order, you must enter a single detail line for the entire blanket order quantity or amount.
The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Procurement Management system supports the creation of blanket orders for production controlled items. You use the ZJDE0006 Order Entry - Blanket version of the Purchase Orders program (P4310) and document type OB for blanket order entry of production controlled items.
Each time you are ready to receive a portion of the goods or services from a blanket order, you must release the quantity or amount for which you want to create a purchase order. You can generate a purchase order from a blanket order if the blanket order was created for the production controlled item using the Purchase Orders program.
You use the Generate POs from Requisitions/Blanket Order Release program (P43060) to release all or part of a blanket order. The Production Number field appears in the detail grid and Query by Example (QBE) line of the Work With Order Release form. The production number is a criterion for order release, and you must have a blanket order with a specific production number. The blanket order release generates purchase orders for production controlled items.
You can also access and release purchase orders from a blanket order using the Purchase Orders program. From the Order Detail form, you select a detail line and then select the Blanket Release option from the Row menu. The Production Number field in the header of the Blanket Release form is not editable. The Production Number field is also in the detail grid with a QBE line.
After you select a quantity on the Blanket Release form and return to the Order Detail form, the system disables the Production Number field.