I have found that more often than not in the construction industry, especially at the small to medium level, materials are not viewed as quantities.
A supplier will quote on a package of materials and although the listing is referenced, it is never entered in the software at that level of detail.
Usually Lumber, qty 1, at $10,000. When this is received in 4 shipments with 4 invoices, it creates havoc for the person trying to follow. If there was an option, global or by PO, to track $ and not # the process would work better.
by: Tim L. | over a year ago | Project Management
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Just swap the price and qty columns for those "lump sum" POs. Then you can receive partial dollar invoices. You will also want to create a custom PO that has the column headers relabeled so it looks right to the vendor.
Swapping the price and quantity columns is problematic. the better solution is to provide an option to track by dollars or by quantity. Then the auto close function works better.