Is there a way to consolidate Purchase Orders generated for Outside Operations in a Work Order routi

Question

Is there a way to consolidate Purchase Orders generated for Outside Operations?

Answer

Yes, as of A9.2 this functionality has been aded to programs Work Order Processing (P31410) and Enter/Change Work Orders (P48013).  A processing option has been added to allow clients to select the Purchase Order Consolidation.  This processing option reads:

       Enter a '1' to consolidate POs  by

       Branch/Plant and Supplier.  If left

       blank, a PO  will be generated for

       each outside operation.

Therefore, when a user enters 1 in the processing option, the outside processes are consolidated into a Purchase Order at the shared B/P and Supplier levels.  When processing work orders with P31410, depending on the data selected, consolidation can happen for one Work Order with several outside processes in the routing, as well as for several work orders that share the same outside operations, B/P and Supplier.