TRAX MANUALS > Orders > Orders Module > Orders, Update Menu > Contract Order > Contract Order Detail > Contract Order Detail Buttons > Force PO Button, via Contract Order Header

Select the Force P/O button to immediately create Purchase Orders for any individual lines on the Contract Order, regardless of whether the re-order criteria for the part has been met.

Select the Force P/O button. The following prompt will be received:

Select OK to proceed with the transaction. The Purchase Order created will appear in the list of all Purchase Orders (Orders/ Update/ Purchase Order).

Select Cancel to abort the transaction. If the order is not a Monthly Contract Order, upon selecting OK, the Force PO will prompt the following pop-up window:

The following information/options are available in this window:
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Order Number

Contract Order Number.

Line

Contract Order Line Number.

C/O Order Qty

Contract Order quantity.

Qty Issued On P/O

Number of Part Numbers on Purchase Orders resulting from the Contract Order.

Rcvd Qty

Received Qty.

P/O Qty

Enter number of Parts to be forced onto the Purchase Order. Upon exiting, the PO will be generated. The user must go to Orders/ Update/ Purchase Order to view the order generated.

Note: If the Order is not a monthly contract, the Qty Issued On P/O will not be allowed to exceed total C/O Order Qty.

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A warning will be prompted if the Quantity Issued On P/O equals C/O Order Qty and the Contract Order is not a monthly agreement.

To abort to the Force P/O transaction, select the Cancel button.

Note: If zero is entered in the Force PO's P/O Qty field, the user will receive the following message:

The selection of either the 'Yes' or 'No' buttons will not result in a Purchase Order generation.