Best Practices for POs with Option Periods? PeopleSoft 9.1
I am interested in understanding how other companies may be approaching executing Purchase Orders with option periods. We went to PeopleSoft in Oct 2011 and are using eProcurement and Purchasing 9.1 for the Supply Chain reqs and POs.
Currently, when POs are crafted by our buyers, they are typically making the Due Date the last day of the initial (base) period of the order, and are making the PO Line an Amount Only line because most of these types of orders are for services, including construction activities. The problem is that upon the first receipt and / or voucher, the schedule due date becomes locked from change. This prevents the buyer from updating the due date to reflect the option period, when it is executed. Creating a new schedule for the line is not possible becuase the system