Overview

The Key Dates section of the purchase page records all the significant dates pertinent to the purchase order.

They are arranged as follows:

Key Dates

1. Date Order Created: The date the order was initially created.
2. Original Required Date: The earliest date any of the parts were required; this is automatically calculated if the order is created from a BoM.  If you manually create an order, complete this date first, and the Date Order Expected and Original Date Expected will be automatically completed with this date.
3. Date Order Expected: The date the order is expected to be delivered.
4. Original Date Expected: The original delivery date agreed upon with the supplier should remain the same once it has been agreed upon.
5. Expected Dispatch Date: The order will be dispatched on this date. 
6. Original Expected Dispatch Date: You originally agreed with the supplier that they would dispatch the goods to you on this date. Once this date has been agreed upon, it should not be changed. 
7. Date Order Sent: The date the order was sent to the supplier.
8. Req. Acknowledgement: Tick if you require order acknowledgement from the supplier.
9. Acknowledged Date: Record the date the supplier acknowledged the order; if this is left blank and the Req. Acknowledgement is ticked, then the supplier will continue to receive reminders to acknowledge the order.
10. Supplier Planned Dispatch Date: This is the updated dispatch date the supplier entered using the Supplier Portal
11. Date Supplier Entered Planned Dispatch Date: This is the date recording when the supplier entered the latest dispatch date using the Supplier Portal
12. Date Dispatched: This is the date the supplier dispatched the order.
13. Order Received In Full: This is the date entered on the final GRN for the order.
14. Imported To Accounts: If Integro is linked to your accounts package and imports purchase orders, this is the date the order was imported into the accounts package.

Setting the Expected Dispatch Date

The expected dispatch date is the date we expect the supplier to dispatch the order from their factory/warehouse.  It is not the expected delivery date for when we expect to receive the order.  The expected dispatch is automatically calculated when the date the order is expected is entered when creating the order.  

Integro looks at the supplier's record's default transit time (days).

It then subtracts those days from the Date Order Expected to arrive at the expected dispatch date.

If the supplier's record's default transit is zero, then Integro looks at the default for the country where the supplier dispatches.

It uses the default value from Procurement Settings if this is also zero.

This expected dispatch date can be overridden at any time on an individual purchase order.