PO Company

I have been asked to build a new PO company. I have never build a PO company before, but I have built an AP company.

Can someone give me some idea on how long it will take?

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Stace Webley

Well if you have all of the data you'll need already determined then the setup would only take 15 mins. On the other hand if you don't know which numbering you would like to use for the new company's PO's, receiving, receiving adjustments, inspections, returns, or how you want prioritize cost defaulting for PO's, etc. then you're looking at a couple days to get feedback from all of the stakeholders probably. There are other rules and options you'll set, but it's likely you'll be using the same setup from the other PO company you already have in production. The PO Company is form is PO01.1. Do you also need to setup a new procurement group or are you using the same one?

jon-athey

That's a loaded question. If you're going to run POs through the company (why would you build one if not, really?) there are more things to consider than just PO01. You will need to add the IC company (IC01) so you can build the ship to (IC02). Will you have requesters ordering supplies through this company? If yes, then you'll need to build requesting locations (RQ01) that are tied to the new company and add access for those requesters.

Stace Webley

Now that I think about it won't they need a new AP and TX company as well? Also, EDI could become a big problem if the shipping locations and account numbers are different for the companies. Are all companies going to be using the same payment methods for the vendors (check runs)?

unknown

I met yesterday regarding the PO company. They are going to be a taxable company. If I indicate an item is taxable at the item level on IC11 what does this do? Does it apply the tax to the line when the item is ordered?

jon-athey

It should calculate the tax when the item is added to the PO based on the tax code assigned to the item. But you might want to consider applying the taxable flag at the IC12 level. If you make items taxable at IC11 they will be taxable for any company that purchases it. The non-taxable companies either will need a "no tax" tax code built or the buyer will have to change the taxable flag on the PO line every time they're ordered. Creating IC2 records for these items and applying the taxable flag there would make the ordering process smoother.

Stace Webley

I agree with Jon, use the tax flag at the IC12 level. Another place you may do it is at the requesting location level (RQ01). However, this option would require more hands on by requesters I think than just using the IC12 flag. You can default a particular tax code on RQ01 though.

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