Purchasing Comments

Kinetic ERP
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Trying out the browser in Job Entry. Under purchasing there is a comments box. In the past we would keep this box locked by leaving Purchase Direct unchecked. Then if we wanted to edit the comment, we would turn on purchase direct, edit the comment, and turn off PD again to lock the box. Now, in Kinetic, when we turn off purchase direct, it deletes any comment in that box and then locks it. We can’t get the comment back unless we have it someplace else.

Is this the right way to use this field, probably not. But it is what we do. Is it possible to keep working as we have been by making some setting change in Kinetic?

There is internal debate around whether the purchasing comments are even needed, so we may be getting rid of them anyway. In the meantime, I am curious if this can be done as we have in the past?

Thanks for your time!
Nate

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Are you using that field to communicate to Purchasing team or to the vendor? Purchase comments on the job only open up when selecting direct because they feed into the PO.
What business process / problem are you trying to solve with those comments?

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Those are some of the exact questions I asked our Engineers. They are debating the relevance now. :laughing:

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If they are common comments that should be there all the time, you can enter the comments on the Part.

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