Redwood: Create and Edit Purchase Orders Requiring Special Handling

Create purchase orders requiring special handling by your suppliers. You can now capture and revise handling details using the Redwood Purchasing pages. For example, create bill-only documents that include details such as the physician's name and the item's lot and serial number.

Create Special Handling Orders from the Redwood Purchase Orders Page

Create Special Handling Orders from the Redwood Purchase Orders Page

Special Handling Details on the Purchase Order

Special Handling Details on the Purchase Order

Steps to Enable and Configure

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

  • You can't create special handling orders using styles that have consignment terms, configuration ordering, outside processing, or complex work enabled.
  • You can't create special handling orders if the requisitioning business unit is located in Brazil and has fiscal document processing enabled.
  • If Automatically Create Receipt is enabled for the special handling type: 
    • You can't create lines with items that are lot or serial-controlled.
    • Receipt routing will be read-only and set to Direct Delivery.
    • The destination type must be Expense.
  • After opt in to this feature, the Override B2B Communication setting will be available on purchase orders without needing to opt in to the Override B2B Communication of Purchase Orders feature. You will still need the Override Purchase Order B2B Communication privilege to change the value. For more details about the the Override B2B feature, refer to the How You Override B2B Communication of Purchase Orders topic.
  • If B2B messages are set up for the document and the supplier site, the application will enable Override B2B Communication on special handling orders if the Override B2B communication for special handling orders setting on the supplier site is enabled. 
  • You can't duplicate special handling orders.

Key Resources

Access Requirements

No specific privileges are needed to create and edit special handling purchase orders.