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How to delete an outsourced purchase order (OPO)

To remove an OPO from the Buy screen and eliminate the connected quantities, you can delete it

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Written by Michael De Giovanni
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Need to remove an outsourced purchase order (OPO) from your Buy > Outsourcing screen?

Deleting an OPO will:

  • Remove it from the Buy screen.

  • Remove Expected quantities from the Inventory tab.

  • Remove Committed quantities for the related ingredients.

Important: If you delete a Received outsourced purchase order:

  • The In stock quantity of the purchased items will decrease.

  • The In stock quantity of the used ingredients will increase.

Only Owners and users with the Delete purchase orders permission can delete OPOs. Learn more about permissions.


Steps to delete an OPO

  1. Go to the Buy screen.

  2. Select the Outsourcing tab.

    Screenshot showing the Outsourcing tab inside the Buy screen

  3. Click on the OPO you want to delete to open the purchase order card.

  4. In the top-right corner, click the 3-dot menu (β‹―).

  5. Choose Delete from the dropdown.

    Screenshot showing the delete option for an OPO

  6. Confirm the deletion by clicking Yes in the pop-up.


Bulk deleting OPOs

You can also delete multiple OPOs at once:

  1. Go to Buy screen > Outsourcing tab.

  2. Select the checkboxes for the OPOs you want to delete.

  3. Click the trash icon at the top of the list.

    Screenshot showing the bulk deletion of OPOs

  4. Confirm the deletion.


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