Create Purchase Order From Order

Overview

The Create Purchase Order From Order step creates a purchase order from a sales order. This is used for drop-shipping or supplier fulfillment scenarios where orders are fulfilled directly by suppliers.

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Configuration Properties

This step has no configurable properties.

Behavior

What It Does

1. Creates a purchase order based on the sales order details
2. Links the purchase order to the sales order via external ID
3. Returns success with created purchase order information

Prerequisites

• Order must have line items to include in purchase order

Side Effects

• Purchase order created in the system
• External ID LinkedToPurchaseOrderId added to sales order

Business Cases

When to Use

• Drop-shipping: Send orders directly to suppliers for fulfillment
• Supplier orders: Create POs for items fulfilled by external suppliers
• Cross-dock: Generate POs for items sourced from suppliers

Example Scenarios

Scenario 1: Drop-Ship Order Customer order received. Purchase order created for supplier to fulfill directly.

Scenario 2: Multi-Supplier Order Order with products from different suppliers. POs created for each supplier.

Error Handling

Related Steps

• Create Internal Transfer From Shipment - Create internal transfers
• Try Reallocate To Purchase Order - Allocate to existing POs