Considerations for Purchase Order Schedules

A purchase order schedule specifies the quantity, ship-to location, date you want your supplier to deliver the items on a purchase order line, and country of origin for the items.

Use the Schedules region or page to enter multiple shipment schedules for standard purchase order lines and to edit schedules that were automatically created for you. When you save your work, purchase order distributions are created if sufficient valid default information is available and if there are no existing distributions. Key areas to consider for schedules are:

• Shipping and delivery

• Billing

Note: You can check the fulfillment status of purchase order schedules from the View Purchase Order page without leaving the page. You can view the received and invoiced quantities and amounts alongside the scheduled quantities and amounts from the Schedule tab. The invoice amounts and quantities are also available on the Manage Schedules page.

Shipping and Delivery

Each purchase order line has one or more due dates and external delivery locations carried on a schedule. Create a schedule for each unique delivery address and due date. The critical information for a single schedule defaults from the line. For additional schedules the key delivery attributes are ship-to location, quantity, and required date.

Billing

Like the delivery information, if a further breakdown of the billing information is required additional schedules may have to be created for a purchase order line. For additional schedules the key billing attributes are approval matching and invoice matching,