Introduction

This document describes the Factory functionality on the purchase order.

Scenarios

The functionality covers the following scenarios:

• A single vendor owns multiple factories, used on different purchase orders.
• Different agents share the same factories, used on different purchase orders.

Prerequisites

To be able to use the factory functionality, the feature needs to be enabled in Anyware Retail Setup, and a specific "Vendor Posting Group" needs to be setup for the factories. See below.

Walk through

Creating a factory vendor

Follow the instructions below to create a factory for use on a purchase order:

1. Open up the list of vendors.
2. Click "New" to create a new vendor. The list of vendor templates is displayed.
3. Select the template named "FACTORY".
4. The vendor card is displayed with an assigned vendor number.
5. Enter a factory name.
6. Also enter the address details of the vendor.
7. Click "OK" to close the vendor card.
8. Congratulations! The first factory is now created.

Assign a factory to a purchase order

Follow the instructions below to assign a factory to a purchase order:

1. Open up the purchase order of choice.
2. Scroll down to the "Factory" tab.
3. Click the "..."-button in the "Factory Vendor No."-field. The list of factories will display. 
4. Select the factory of choice.
5. The address details are now applied on the factory tab on the purchase order.
6. Congratulations!

When the purchase order is received and invoiced, the factory vendor no are attached to all item related transactions. This allows for analysis and follow-ups on factory level basis.