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Where is the Item Rate on a Purchase Order sourcing from?
Hi There
I have two different scenarios when creating a purchase order:
- The rate on the PO is equal to the last purchase price
- The rate on the PO is less than the purchase price--item is created by being copied from existing item
Fictitious data in a demo account
A new item is created
Stock is adjusted for this in one location:
A purchase order is created
The rate on the purchase order is equal to the value per item that was added to the inventory
This is what I would expect.
However, when the item is copied from an existing item, even though the values are all the same for the stock adjustment, location, etc, the rate changes to a different value that is not equal to the rate from the stock adjustment:
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