A Purchase Request is the first step in ordering inventory products from a supplier. It addresses an inventory need for a specific location regardless of distributor. When created, a Purchase Request has a status of New or Pending, and when approved, the order becomes a Purchase Order.
A Purchase Request is created to address an inventory need for a specific location regardless of Distributor. When the request is being approved, the desired distributor is associated with the item.
Therefore, a Purchase Request can be converted into multiple Purchase Orders if the order requires it.
If a Purchase Order is created with some of the items on the Purchase Request, the Purchase Request will have those approved items removed from it while maintaining a status of 'New.' This allows for store personnel to worry about their inventory levels while inventory management addresses who to order from.
If the store has a warehouse location attached to it, the system generates a transfer request instead of a purchase request.
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