8311: Microsoft Business Solutions - Great Plains Purchase Order Processing Course Description
The Microsoft Business Solutions - Great Plains Purchase Order Processing course explores the details for the purchasing module from how to enter simple purchase orders with minimal to very detailed information based on your own business rules.
You will learn to make informed decisions using a variety of comprehensive reports that enable you to negotiate the best prices with your vendors by understanding what products and services your company needs, the right time to order them, and the best vendors. You will learn how Purchase Order transactions integrate with Inventory Control, General Ledger, Payables Management, Sales Order Processing and Fixed Assets.
You will use the automatic Purchase Order Generator to warn you when inventory quantities are running and allow your business to take a proactive role to order new items.
Intended Audience for the 8311: Microsoft Business Solutions - Great Plains Purchase Order Processing Course- Purchase Order Processing training is recommended for anyone who plans to implement, use, maintain, consult, or support Great Plains. The class is targeted toward data entry clerks, administrators, office managers, CEOs, and consultants who need to understand the technical aspects of purchasing and gain foundational knowledge of the application functionality.
- Before attending this course, students must have general knowledge of Microsoft Windows, completed the Great Plains Tutorial, basic knowledge of accounting principles.
8311: Microsoft Business Solutions - Great Plains Purchase Order Processing Course Objectives
- Enter Purchase Orders, Receipts and Returns.
- Use inquiry screens and reports to extract and analyze appropriate information to maintain and improve business processes.
- Understand how Purchase Order Processing integrates with the Accounts Payable module.
- Enter Landed Costs at the time you enter the receipt of inventory.
- Enter Landed Costs after the items have been received.
- Close the Purchasing module.
- Define set up options for the module that allow you to customize your system to better fit your organization's unique needs.
Required Prerequisites for the 8311: Microsoft Business Solutions - Great Plains Purchase Order Processing course
8311: Microsoft Business Solutions - Great Plains Purchase Order Processing Course Outline
- Introduction
- Course Description
- Module Overview
- Process Flow
- Procedures for Processing Purchase Orders
- Processing Purchase Orders - Step by Step
- Other Features
- Setup Procedures
- Purchasing Procedures
- Purchasing Setup Checklist
- User Defined Fields
- Landed Cost Setup
- Purchase Order Generator Setup
- Daily Procedures
- Purchase Order Entry
- Linking Purchase Orders to Sales Orders
- Procedures for Entering Returns
- Drop-Ship Orders
- Printing Purchase Orders
- Receivings Entry
- Landed Cost Entry
- Invoice Entry
- Maintaining Records
- Deleting and Voiding Purchase Orders
- Editing Purchase Orders
- Reconciling Purchase Orders
- Purchase Order Reports
- Purchase Order Inquiries
- Conclusion
- You can choose to receive items without a purchase order when necessary. This is a setting on the Purchase Order Processing Setup window.
- Receipt and invoice transactions can be recorded separately, or in one step to match your business procedures.
- The ability to auto-receive and auto-invoice speeds data entry and ensures accuracy.
- Landed Costs allow you to apply a mark-up factor to receipts for such things as freight and duty to be included in the item's cost
- The PO Generator in conjunction with the Order Point Quantity for an item to determine if a purchase is required. If the supply of an item is less than its demand plus the order point quantity, a purchase will be suggested.
- In the PO Generator will select the vendor based on the Primary Vendor assigned to the item, the vendor with the lowest cost or the vendor with the shortest lead time.
- Purchase Price Variances will be identified when the actual invoice cost differs from the purchase order or standard cost.
- You can commit purchase order line items to backordered sales line items by clicking the Sales Commitment button on the Purchase Order Entry window.
- Inquiries allow you to zoom back to purchase orders and receipts to view them as they were originally entered into the system.
- Reports like Expected Shipments and Received/Not Invoiced can help you to manage your purchasing processes.
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- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and a Masters of Business Administration from Rutgers University. - Over 9 years of experience as a Master Certified Trainer. Expert in MS Dynamics GP Financials, Installation, HR/Payroll, Project Accounting, Inventory and Integration Manager. - Project Manager to various MS Dynamics Great Plains implementations.
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Ginger holds a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and a Masters of Business Administration from Rutgers University. Her career started as an Auditor for Deloitte & Touché and over the years she developed her passion for Microsoft Dynamics, implementing Dynamics GP and Project Cost in the Professional Services, Commercial Real Estate and Medical Facilities vertical markets.
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- Designs and architects Microsoft IT solutions since the early 1990s. - Hands-on experience in multiple Microsoft Dynamics products including CRM, GP, SL, AX and NAV since 2004. - Taught over 250 courses at NetCom Learning.
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Ignacio is a Senior Solutions Architect, Civil Engineer and Certified Expert Trainer. He has been designing and architecting Microsoft IT solutions since the early 1990s, and has extensive experience developing scalable and high performance integration solutions. In 2004, Ignacio expanded into business management and accounting software as well, where he gained hands-on experience in many Microsoft Dynamics products including CRM, GP, SL, AX and NAV.
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- Over 25 years of experience working as Senior Financial Analyst and Senior Auditor. - Professor of Graduate Management and Business School at the University of Phoenix since 2007. - Microsoft Certifications in Financials, Trade & Logistics, Production and Human Resources Management as well as Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) since 2009.
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Lynn is a very accomplished Senior Financial Analyst and Senior Auditor with over 25 years of experience. She has been a Microsoft Certified Trainer since 2009 and a Professor of Graduate Management and Business School at University of Phoenix since 2007. In addition to several other Microsoft certifications, she is also a specialist in Microsoft Dynamics AX.
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