Creating a Purchase Order Header Manually

Ascent offers two ways to add purchase orders to the system. First, you can add it manually from the purchase order screen. Second, you can use the master planner to automatically generate purchase orders for selected items when certain quantities in inventory fall below a prescribed minimum. These directions discuss the former method of adding purchase orders.

1. From the Purchase Order master screen, press the New button to open the New Purchase Order screen.
2. Enter the appropriate values for the Purchase Order header. The following fields are required:

1. Order Date        
2. Due Date
3. Vendor

     3.Click the Save button to save the new Purchase Order header into Ascent. Or, click the Save and New            button to save the new Purchase Order header and be automatically directed to a blank New Purchase           Order screen.