Sage 100

I have a client running Sage 100 Advanced 2017. They are referencing the Purchase Order Number on the lines of the Sales Order after creating the purchase order manually because they do not have primary vendors. Every order is for a separate supplier. What I have found is even though the PONumber field on the lines of the sales order has a lookup, it does not validate against the PO file. I would prefer it only allow valid POs. On another note, why did Sage do it this way?

You know they can go the other way? Enter the vendor in SO lines then use Auto Generate in PO module? That may be why it doesn't validate PO# in SO line entry. From SO Help Enter the appropriate information in the secondary grid. If the item is being drop shipped, select the Drop Ship check box. At the Vendor Number field, enter a vendor number if a purchase order is to be generated for inventory, miscellaneous, and special items. for inventory items, the Vendor Number field will default from the Primary Vendor field in Inventory Maintenance. Note The purchase order will not be generated if the Vendor Number field is blank.

Interesting. Can you enter cost and vendor for inventory items? Certainly, I will be testing. The issue is the supplier changes for every order because they are a supplier of hard to find items and every time the supplier ""will"" change.