Purchase Orders application

You use the Purchase Orders application to create and manage purchase orders for configuration-managed parts. A purchase order is an authorized order from a purchasing agent or department to an internal supplier or external vendor.

With this application, you can create change orders. You can also generate internal purchase orders against another storeroom. A storeroom-to-storeroom purchase can be thought of as a transfer order or an internal purchase order since the product uses the Purchase Orders application and the Issues and Transfers application to track these types of part movements.

If a vendor or supplier cannot deliver an ordered part, an alternate part can replace it. The alternate part can be accepted if the airworthiness of the aircraft is not adversely affected. Each contract can list alternate parts that can be used to replace the original part. An alternate part that is not listed in the contract cannot be selected as the replacement.

You can create purchase orders by using the following methods:

• From the Purchase Orders application
• From the Purchase Requisitions application
• From a request for quotation (RFQ) in the Request for Quotations application
• From the Inventory application by using the inventory reorder actions
• From the Purchase Contracts application by creating a release