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Prevent Purchase Orders being raised for a specific supplier

I need to prevent purchase orders from being raised for a specific supplier, how can i do this?

Written by Jes

To prevent Purchase Orders for being raised for a specific supplier:

  1. Click Purchase, Supplier Maintenance

  2. Search for the required supplier

  3. Click Rating

  4. Press <Ctrl> + M keys to enter modify mode

  5. Press F5 key in the Supplier Rating field

  6. Enter in the code and description you wish to be displayed when a user tries to raise a Purchase Order for this supplier

  7. Clear the Allow P/O's check box to prevent orders being raised for this supplier.

  8. Click Select. When raising a Purchase Order for this supplier you will now receive the following error message - 'This supplier's rating forbids the raising of purchase orders'.

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