Purchase Quotation can be Trade or Non-Trade but adding new record is basically almost the same for both transactions.
You normally use Trade to purchase goods and Non-Trade is for internal purposes only.
Go to Purchasing (Menu) > Purchase Quotation (Sidebar Menu) -> Trade (Sub Menu)
Purchase Quotation Page with some default values will be displayed in MAIN tab..
Label ending with an asterisk * indicates that the field is mandatory.
Transaction ID (Purchase Quotation ID)
Workflow Type
Supplier
Contact Person
Supplier Reference No.
Remarks
Notes
Currency
Exchange Rate
Mode of Shipment
Date Needed
Date Sent
Date Quoted
Valid Until
Reference ID
Status
Sort Sequence Number
Product
Purchase Quantity
Purchase UOM (Unit of Measurement)
Quoted Quantity
Quoted UOM (Unit of Measurement)
Unit Price
Discount
Price After Discount
Tax
Unit Price with Tax
Total Amount
Remarks
To create new stand-alone Trade Purchase Quotation:
Search for a supplier by clicking the magnifying glass next to Supplier input field. You may enter any value to filter the search or just leave it blank to search all. Then click the search button on the right side. This action will prompt the system to initiate the search process.
After clicking the search button, all results are displayed below the Supplier ID search criteria.
Select from search results. The supplier search page will be automatically closed and notice that some information (e.g. Contact Person 1, Currency and Exchange Rate) from the supplier will be inherited into the purchase order.
Scroll down on item table grid and search for product by clicking the magnifying glass next to Product input field. You may enter any value to filter the search or just leave it blank to search all. Then click the search button on the right side. This action will prompt the system to initiate the search process.
After clicking the search button, all results are displayed below the Product Code search criteria.
Select from search results. The Product search page will be automatically closed and the product details is loaded in the purchase order page.
Provide a Purchase Quantity value.
Search for UOM by clicking the magnifying glass next to UOM input field. If only one UOM is available, the record will be automatically loaded.
User may provide optional field values and then click on Save to create new transaction in Draft status. Notice also that the Reference ID is blank since the transaction is not imported from another transaction.