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OLD How to Create a Packager Purchase Order (PO) in Salesforce: Step-by-Step Guide

Learn how to create a packager purchase order (PO) in Salesforce, including detailed steps for entering line items, handling quotes, and generating documents for enclosure projects. Perfect for project managers and Salesforce users.

By Ziv Profesorsky

In this guide, we'll learn how to create a packager purchase order (PO) in Salesforce after completing your billing milestones and tasks for a project. This process helps ensure that your enclosure orders are accurately recorded and match your project budget. You will also see how to prepare and organize the necessary documents for your supplier.

Let's get started

I will show you how to create a packager PO in Salesforce. After starting a project and completing your billing milestones and tasks, proceed to the next step. First, access the precursive board for your specific romp. Click on "Budget".

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Click on the Budget for this ROMP
Step #1: Click on the Budget for this ROMP
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Click on "Related"
Step #2: Click on "Related"

Click "Related" and look for the enclosure line item. We're going to select this item number here.

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Click on "B126-066053"
Step #3: Click on "B126-066053"

Now, you'll see here it says, "Purchase Order Zero." We want to create a new one, so we will click "New".

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Click here
Step #4: Click here
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Click on "New"
Step #5: Click on "New"

I will call this purchase order "CLT101 ROMP01 ENCLOSURE PO."

Your order status remains unchanged.

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No change needed here
Step #6: No change needed here

Your order date will be the day you are writing the PO.

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Click on Todays Date
Step #7: Click on Todays Date

Your release date should match today's date. Ensure both dates are the same.

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Click on Todays Date
Step #8: Click on Todays Date

Your supplier is the packager. In this case, it is AVL.

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Click on "Supplier"
Step #9: Click on "Supplier"
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Click on "AVL USA INC"
Step #10: Click on "AVL USA INC"

In "Remarks & Comments," I enter the romp again and note the number of enclosures or packages in this romp.

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Click here
Step #11: Click here

We have two catchers, two mechanicals, and two criticals for ROMP01.

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Click on "Save"
Step #12: Click on "Save"

Click "Save." Now you can see the PO has been created. We will now go into the PO.

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Click on "CLT101ROMP01 Enclosure PO"
Step #13: Click on "CLT101ROMP01 Enclosure PO"

Here is all my data that I just entered. Now, I will click "Related".

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Click on "Related"
Step #14: Click on "Related"

Here we have a line item that was already created. It shows the full value of the enclosure line item on the budget. We want to edit this, and we'll do just one.

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Click here
Step #15: Click here
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Click on "Edit"
Step #16: Click on "Edit"
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Click here
Step #17: Click here

For now, we will focus on the catcher enclosures. We have a part number. The part number serves as your quote number.

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Type "Catcher Enclosures"
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Click here
Step #19: Click here

In this case, we'll go to Box.

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Click on "Powered by Box"
Step #20: Click on "Powered by Box"

We'll find our quote here. We'll open that up. It looks like the quote number is P2810.R0.

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Click on "P2810.RO - Carter Machinery - 28 x 2.75MW - CLT101.pdf"
Step #21: Click on "P2810.RO - Carter Machinery - 28 x 2.75MW - CLT101.pdf"
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Check here
Step #22: Check here

Input Quote # P2810.R0. Now we need the cost.

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Click here
Step #23: Click here
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Go back to BOX
Step #24: Go back to BOX

These are the catchers. Here, you can see "Catchers with Load Bank and Breaker."

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Find Catchers
Step #25: Find Catchers

We need our calculator because there is some math we need to do

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Check here
Step #26: Check here

I will type in 1,627,886, since that's the one we need. Here you can see the plenums and the scamboard.

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Click here
Step #27: Click here

I need to add 90,000, which is for two 45,000 scamboards. Then, I add 67,950 twice. This gives me the total for just the catchers.

I'm going to enter 1,853,786 here.

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Go back to Salesforce
Step #28: Go back to Salesforce
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Click here
Step #29: Click here

1,853,786.

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Type "1,853,786"
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Click here
Step #31: Click here

That's just one quantity because we added it all up together.

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Click here
Step #32: Click here

My description is: "Two catcher single-wide enclosures." I want to add that they have a load bank and specify the handing—left-hand, right-hand, both left-hand, or both right-hand.

We will go to the lead sheet.

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Click on BOX
Step #33: Click on BOX

If you're in Box, select the AWS LLE Submittal Review Lead Sheet.

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Click on "AWS_LLE_Submittal_Review_Leadsheet..."
Step #34: Click on "AWS_LLE_Submittal_Review_Leadsheet..."

Next, look for this C here.

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Step #35:

These are your catchers. We see that these are single-wides here. They have load banks. We also have the right hand and the left hand. We have one right hand and one left hand.

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Click on "|"
Step #36: Click on "|"

That's it.

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Type "1 RH and 1 LH"
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Step #38:

We just click "Save".

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Click on "Save"
Step #39: Click on "Save"

Now I need to work on the mechanicals.

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Click on "New"
Step #40: Click on "New"

We have our mechanical enclosures with the same part number.

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Type "Mechanical Enclosures"
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Click here
Step #42: Click here

We have quote number P2810. Here it is, .R0. Now we need to return to the quote and repeat the same process.

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Type "Quote # P2810.R0"
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Click on the quote in BOX
Step #44: Click on the quote in BOX

We have 1,638,886 as the total price for the two enclosures, plus 90,000 for the two scamboards. The plenums are 67,950 each, which gives the final total.

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Type "1,638,886" in the calculator
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Type "+90000+67950+67950 + Enter"
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Go back to Salesforce
Step #47: Go back to Salesforce
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Click here
Step #48: Click here

So, it will be 1,864,786.

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Click here
Step #49: Click here
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Type "1864786"
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Click here and add a quantity of 1
Step #51: Click here and add a quantity of 1

My description will be very similar. It's a double-wide mechanical enclosure with a load bank. Let's check the handing again.

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Type "(2) DW Mechanical Enclosure with load bank - "
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Click on "AWS_LLE_Submittal_Review_Lea" in BOX
Step #53: Click on "AWS_LLE_Submittal_Review_Lea" in BOX

We are looking for these M's here.

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Drag "- 1.1M"
Step #54: Drag "- 1.1M"

These are your mechanicals. We see that it has a load bank. This is a double-wide. The first is left-hand, but they did not put them in order. The second mechanical is below, and it is right-hand.

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See "GEN - 2.1M"
Step #55: See "GEN - 2.1M"

We have one left hand and one right hand.

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Type "1 LH and 1 RH"
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Once you have your description, click on "Save"
Step #57: Once you have your description, click on "Save"

Now, go back to "New" and start the Criticals step.

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Click on "New"
Step #58: Click on "New"

So, the quote number remains the same: P2810.R0.

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Type "Critical Enclosures"
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Click here
Step #60: Click here
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Type "Quote # P2810.R0"
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Click on the quote in BOX
Step #62: Click on the quote in BOX
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Find "In this case, go to the Critical Gens section. Calculate 810,160 times two, then add 90,000 for the scamboards, plus 67,950 twice for the plenums.In this case, go to the Critical Gens section. Calculate 810,160 times two, then add 90,000 for the scamboards, plus 67,950 twice for the plenums.Critical"
Step #63: Find "In this case, go to the Critical Gens section. Calculate 810,160 times two, then add 90,000 for the scamboards, plus 67,950 twice for the plenums.In this case, go to the Critical Gens section. Calculate 810,160 times two, then add 90,000 for the scamboards, plus 67,950 twice for the plenums.Critical"
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In this case, go to the Critical Gens section. Calculate 810,160 times two, then add 90,000 for the scamboards, plus 67,950 twice for the plenums.
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Go back to Salesforce with the total
Step #65: Go back to Salesforce with the total
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Click here
Step #66: Click here
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Type "1,846,220"

Here, I will write two double-wide critical enclosures without a load bank. There is no load bank here. Let's get our handling ready.

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Click on "AWS_LLE_Submittal_Review_Lea" in BOX
Step #68: Click on "AWS_LLE_Submittal_Review_Lea" in BOX

We are looking for ROMP1. Here it is: A and B.

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Drag "GEN - 2.1A"
Step #69: Drag "GEN - 2.1A"

You can see they do not have load banks. They are double-wide and both left-hand.

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Confirm handing
Step #70: Confirm handing

I've got two left hands.

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Fill out the description with the handing
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Click on "Save" once the description is complete
Step #72: Click on "Save" once the description is complete

Finally, I double-check that my quote number and PO total, 5564792, match my budget total.

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Click on "Details"
Step #73: Click on "Details"

I want to go back to the budget, the number is 5,564,792. 5,564,792.

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Click on "B126-066053"
Step #74: Click on "B126-066053"

Those match, so we are good.

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Budget Amount matches PO Amount
Step #75: Budget Amount matches PO Amount

We have used the entire budgeted amount, which is our goal. Once you're in the PO, click Generate Documents, then click Run.

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Click on "Generate Documents"
Step #76: Click on "Generate Documents"
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Click on "Run"
Step #77: Click on "Run"

I'll wait for it to load. Now, I press this button. You can also click Continue. Continue adds the purchase order, the terms and conditions, and a combined version to your file. We prefer to edit it, so we click this button to download it into Word.

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Click on "Purchase Order.docx"
Step #78: Click on "Purchase Order.docx"
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Click on the download
Step #79: Click on the download
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Click on "Enable Editing"
Step #80: Click on "Enable Editing"

Click Enable Editing. First, you'll notice it's on two pages. There are some blank sections we don't need, so we'll delete the shipping information.

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Drag "+ Shipping"
Step #81: Drag "+ Shipping"
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Drag under "CLT101ROMP01"
Step #82: Drag under "CLT101ROMP01"

I'll delete this blank space to fit everything on one page.

You can adjust it however you want. I usually leave it like this. Then, I highlight the mark the bill of lading, and the PO number.

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Double-click on "Mark the bill of lading with Carter's PO #"
Step #83: Double-click on "Mark the bill of lading with Carter's PO #"
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Click here
Step #84: Click here
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Double-click on "426101PMC - 1"
Step #85: Double-click on "426101PMC - 1"
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Highlight
Step #86: Highlight

We highlight it to make it easy to find.

The final step is to create a PDF. Go to Save As and select PDF.

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Click on "File"
Step #87: Click on "File"
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Click on "Save As"
Step #88: Click on "Save As"
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Click on "Browse"
Step #89: Click on "Browse"
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Click here
Step #90: Click here
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Click on PDF
Step #91: Click on PDF
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Find your Folder
Step #92: Find your Folder

Then I'll find this folder/project in my documents

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Double-click here
Step #93: Double-click here
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Name your PDF, we usually do "CLT101ROMP01 Enclosure PO"
Step #94: Name your PDF, we usually do "CLT101ROMP01 Enclosure PO"

Now, it will appear as a PDF.

Make sure everything looks correct. Yes, I have my values. I will edit this, organize the pages, and add two items here.

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Click on "Organize"
Step #95: Click on "Organize"

I need to add the quote we used to obtain the values.

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Drag "Carter Machinery - 28 x 2.75MW - CLT101.pdf"
Step #96: Drag "Carter Machinery - 28 x 2.75MW - CLT101.pdf"

Yes, there are many pages.

In this case, I will delete all the pages that do not contain critical information.

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Click here
Step #97: Click here

I have the quote header, and the page with all the values.

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Double-click here
Step #98: Double-click here

The last thing I need is our terms and conditions for purchase orders. I keep this on my desktop.

There we go. It looks like this. I just push it in here, and it contains all our information about Carter machinery and how we handle POs.

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Double-click here
Step #99: Double-click here

Now that I have it, I click Save.

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Click on "Save"
Step #100: Click on "Save"

That's the PO completed.

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Click on "X"
Step #101: Click on "X"

We do not need the Word document. You want to click Back to Purchase Order

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Click on "BACK TO PURCHASE ORDER"
Step #102: Click on "BACK TO PURCHASE ORDER"

Do not click Continue, or it will add unnecessary documents here.

Go to your folder and drag it into Files.

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Double-click here
Step #103: Double-click here
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Drag "CLT101ROMP01 Enclosure PO.pdf"
Step #104: Drag "CLT101ROMP01 Enclosure PO.pdf"

Wait for the green arrow, then click Done.

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Click on "Done"
Step #105: Click on "Done"

That is how you create an enclosure PO. Once you have completed all 10 or 12 ROMPs, send them to your enclosure manufacturer or your designated contact.