1. Click on the Purchase Order Maintenance button 
from the Navigator or the Navigator Toolbar.
2. Click on the New button 
to create a new purchase order.
3. Click on the Lookup button 
to open the Vendor Maintenance form.
4. If you have previously entered the desired vendor use the navigation buttons 
to find the vendor otherwise click on the New button to create a new vendor.
5. Fill out the relevant information for your vendor.
6. Click the Exit button 
or press <Esc> to exit the Vendor Maintenance form.
7. You will notice that the vendor is now selected in the vendor info area 
.
8. From here you have several options depending on your situation.
| • | To add items to inventory (not allocated to an auction but can be later on): |
| • | Click on the Add button  to bring up the Inventory Maintenance form with your new inventory item. |
| • | Fill out the relevant inventory information. |
| • | Left click on the new button to add another inventory item to this purchase order |
| • | Right click on the new button to copy this inventory item to a new inventory item on this purchase order. |
| • | Click the Exit button when you are done. |
| • | To add inventory items to inventory and immediately allocate them to an auction (You must have one auction per PO turned on in Option Maintenance->PO's tab): |
| • | First choose the auction from the auction drop down menu  . |
| • | Click on the Add & Send to Auction #  button to bring up the Inventory Maintenance form with your new inventory item. |
| • | Fill out the relevant inventory information. |
| • | Click the Exit button when you are done. |
| • | The system will now prompt you for the lot # and/or quantity to allocate to this auction if you do not have Auto Number Lot#'s turned on from Auction Maintenance->Auction Lots tab for this auction. |
| • | To allocate inventory items to an auction from PO Maintenance (there are other, faster ways to allocate inventory in batches from Auction Maintenance, however this feature is here if you find it useful): |
| • | Select the desired inventory item from the inventory list. |
| • | Click on the Send to Auction #  button. |
| • | The system will now prompt you for the lot # and/or quantity to allocate to this auction if you do not have Auto Number Lot#'s turned on from Auction Maintenance->Auction Lots tab for this auction. |
9. After adding your purchased items into your Purchase Order Print inventory labels with or without barcodes. Hit the printer icon 
at the lower left corner of Purchase Order Maintenance. This will bring up our Reports Dialogue screen with any reports or labels associated with Purchase Orders. 
Choose the report or label you desire and tag your inventory.