Purchase Order Change Orders

Use this form to view and modify information about all change orders for selected purchase orders (POs). To change the status of a change order, you must use this form. You can also modify text for a change order. You can update information only on the most recent change order.

Note: The Line/Release Change Detail list displays an overview of what lines were changed for each change order. This list does not give complete detail about the change order or information about changes made to the PO header or a PO blanket line.

If there is an existing change order for a particular PO and you want to update that PO, the system determines whether that change should be added to the existing change order, or it should create a new change order. This decision is based on the status of the change order as indicated by the Change Status field on this form.

If the change order's Change Status is:

Open: All changes made to the PO are accumulated into the same PO change order.
Printed: A new PO change order is created for that PO.
Finalized: No updates can be made until you change the status to Printed. This causes the change order to print, which in turn causes the Change Status to be changed to Printed. You can then reopen the change order by changing the status to Open.