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Emailing purchase orders

Once the order is ready to be sent to the supplier, you can email it to the creditor and other recipients instead of printing. You can:

Previewing an order

  1. Select Module > Creditors > Purchase Order Maintenance.

    The Set Purchase Order Search Criteria window is displayed.

    Tip: You can also access the purchase order functions by clicking Creditors button.

  2. Search for the purchase order. See Searching for purchase orders.

    The General tab of the Purchase Order Maintenance window is displayed.

  3. Select Email from the Notify By drop-down list.
  4. Select Preview.
  5. Click Save Button (diskette image).

    Note: If the creditor does not have email selected as their Purchase Order Notify Method, Exclamation Button (red) appears next to the Notify By drop-down list. Check the creditor has an email address listed in the Creditor Maintenance window before continuing. See Creditor Maintenance - General tab in the Creditors manual. Also see Creditor Maintenance - Account tab in the Creditors manual.

  6. Click AuthoriseEmail button.

    The G/L Budget Purchase Order window is displayed.

  7. Click Yes button.

    The Send Purchase Order Notification Email window is displayed.

    Send Purchase Order Notification Email

  8. Click Preview button.

    The preview of the purchase order is displayed.

Emailing an order

To email an order:

  1. Select Module > Creditors > Purchase Order Maintenance.

    The Set Purchase Order Search Criteria window is displayed.

  2. Search for the purchase order. See Searching for purchase orders.

    The General tab of the Purchase Order Maintenance window is displayed.

  3. Select Email from the Notify By drop-down list.
  4. Clear the Preview field if required.
  5. Click Save Button (diskette image).

    Note: If the creditor does not have email selected as their Purchase Order Notify Method, Exclamation Button (red) appears next to the Notify By drop-down list. Check the creditor has an email address listed in the Creditor Maintenance window before continuing. See Creditor Maintenance - General tab in the Creditors manual. Also see Creditor Maintenance - Account tab in the Creditors manual.

  6. Click AuthoriseEmail button.

    Note: If the purchase order has already been emailed, Resend email button is displayed.

    The G/L Budget Purchase Order window is displayed.

  7. Click Yes button.

    The purchase order notification is emailed.

Adding and removing recipients from the email

  1. Select Module > Creditors > Purchase Order Maintenance.

    The Set Purchase Order Search Criteria window is displayed.

  2. Search for the purchase order. See Searching for purchase orders.

    The General tab of the Purchase Order Maintenance window is displayed.

  3. Select Email from the Notify By drop-down list.
  4. Select Preview.
  5. Click Save Button (diskette image).

    Note: If the creditor does not have email selected as their Purchase Order Notify Method, Exclamation Button (red) appears next to the Notify By drop-down list. Check the creditor has an email address listed in the Creditor Maintenance window before continuing. See Creditor Maintenance - General tab in the Creditors manual. Also see Creditor Maintenance - Account tab in the Creditors manual.

  6. Click AuthoriseEmail button.

    Note: If the purchase order has already been emailed, Resend email button is displayed.

    The G/L Budget Purchase Order window is displayed.

  7. Click Yes button.

    The Send Purchase Order Notification Email window is displayed.

    Send Purchase Order Notification Email

  8. Select the recipients you want to email the purchase order notification to. Clear any recipients whom you do not want to send the email to.

    Note: The Additional Email Addresses field can be configured in the Finance Configuration Maintenance window. See Synergetic Financial Configuration - Business Units - Purchase Orders sub-tab in the Finance manual.

  9. Click OK button.

Last modified: 5/03/2013 12:26:20 PM

See Also

Purchase orders

What's new to Purchase orders

Purchase order process

Maintaining purchase orders

Authorising purchase orders

Printing purchase orders

Receiving goods against a purchase order

Completing purchase orders

Problems with purchases

© 2013 Synergetic Management Systems. Published 15 October 2013.

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