1973538 - Purchase Order Created and Sent Automatically Upon Selecting Award Against a Winning Quote/Bid

You have selected Create purchase order manually in the  Purchase request and orders  work center->common task activity Automatic Creation of Purchase Orders.

Later you have created a Request for Quotation for a Product category XYZ and received quote/bid from supplier.

However when you select Award against a winning Quote/Bid, Purchase Order is created automatically with status Sent or Not Yet Acknowledged or In Approval.

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1. Go to Sourcing and Contracting work center.
2. Select Requests for Quotation view.
3. Select Published RFQ ID XX and choose Compare Quotes button.
4. Choose Award button against the winning Quote/Bid.

This Automatic Creation of Purchase Orders allows your buyer whether a purchase order is created automatically or manually from a purchase request.

This setting doesn't apply for Request for Quotation.

So scope the question" Do you want to create a purchase order with the In Preparation status from a supplier quote?"

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