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Purchase Order Processing

The operational linkage between Accounts Payable and Inventory Control is the Purchase Order Processing system. The economic viability of a company's operations rests on its ability to order products in the right quantities to achieve the best pricing, fill customer orders, not keep slow moving or aging product on the shelves or in cold storage, and balance the company's cash control needs with customer's ordering requirements.

Astra’s key purchase order processing features include:

• Vendor master which adheres to the UPC 7 character standard
• Providing for multiple vendors and vendor item numbers, descriptions, pack, and cost information
• Storage of detailed history of purchases by vendor
• Ability to print bar code labels
• Handling non-stock and drop ship orders
• Ability to print or FAX purchase orders
• Extensive PO reporting
• Importing features which allow for landed cost calculations by vendor and item
• After the fact importing fee assessment by lot, shipment, or container
• Shipment tracking that creates multiple shipments for a single PO
• A high level triple matching interface to accounts payable
• A Vendor Information Center (see Accounts Payable)
• Purchasing Advice Report that works with Forecasting