About purchase order status

In the header, you can assign a status to the purchase order.

You can run reports where the selection criteria allows you to view purchase orders with different statuses, for example, report (6-6-2) 21-Purchase Order List.

Purchase order statuses

Status

Description

1-Open

Indicates the purchase order has been approved by someone with authority in the company to approve purchase orders.

2-Review

Indicates the purchase order should be reviewed by someone with authority in the company to review purchase orders.
Important.

Before creating an invoice, you should review the purchase order.

You can enter an invoice with a status of 2-Review, but the program warns you about it.

3-Dispute

Indicates a purchase order in dispute with the vendor. The authority reviewing the purchase order is disputing the charges, quantities, and so on, of the purchase order.

4-Closed

Indicates all items contained in the purchase order have been purchased or canceled.

5-Void

Indicates the purchase order is void.

6-Master

Tracks all materials to be purchased from the vendor for an entire project.

With a master purchase order, you can create individual purchase orders to the vendor. The master allows you to control the ordering and shipping of materials to the job site.