Buyers (PO09)

The Buyer Codes folder in Maintain Purchasing Tables (PO09) manages a table of buyers that are identified by a one character Buyer Code.

• When Purchase Orders are printed or faxed, the Buyer assigned to the Supplier in Maintain Supplier Master (PO11) or the Buyer assigned to the Purchase Order created in Create Purchase Orders (PO40) prints on the purchase order form.

• The Buyer Code is also be used as a restriction to segment the standard purchasing reports. You can decide to print all Purchase Orders or just the Purchase Orders for a specific buyer. The PO reports that can be restricted by Buyer Code include:
  • Print Purchasing Hot Sheet (PO21)
  • Print Purchase Orders (PO42)
  • Print Outstanding Purchase Order Report (PO80)

The following list defines every field on the Buyer Code panel:

• Buyer Code - enter or select from the query a Buyer Code. You can enter a maximum of 1 character in this field. A Buyer Code is assigned each Suppliers in PO11 and to each PO in PO40.

• Name - enter the Name associated with the Buyer Code. You can enter a maximum of 30 alpha numeric characters in this field.

The following table outlines the functionality of each button on the Buyer Codes panel:

Button Label	Icon	Functionality
Update		Saves the information entered on the folder.
Delete		Deletes all of the information entered for the current Buyer Code.
New		Clears all of the fields allowing you to enter a new record.

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