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Place PO Hold
Place Purchase Orders on Hold with a single click
Step-by-step Guide
From the Purchase Order Summary Page:
- Click the options menu icon on the top right of the page and click on Place hold.
- A popup opens. Enter the reason for placing the hold and click on Place hold. The reason will not be visible to the seller but only to your internal team.
FAQ
How can I place a hold on a purchase order?
From the PO Summary Page of an Ongoing PO, click the pause icon on the top right of the page. Enter your comments in the popup if you wish to, and click the Place Hold button. Invoice creation, goods receival, quality checks and payments cannot be performed for POs placed on hold.
What do different PO statuses mean?
PO statuses are auto-generated.
- Approval Pending: PO draft created by executive user awaiting approval by reviewer
- Issued: PO submitted to supplier
- Ongoing: PO accepted by supplier
- Rescinded: PO issued and cancelled by buyer before it has been accepted by the supplier
- On hold: PO placed on hold
- Termination Requested: PO having a buyer’s termination request that is yet to be confirmed by the supplier
- Terminated: PO for which the buyer’s termination request has been accepted by the supplier.
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