The user wants Purchase Order to be automatically created upon approval of a Sales Order using Drop Ship/Special Order Item

Scenario

The user is creating a Sales Order using a Special Order Item. Upon approval of the Sales Order, no Purchase Order is created. 

Solution

For a Purchase Order to be automatically created upon approval of Sales Order: 

1. Check Item Record > Purchasing/Inventory tab > Vendors subtab
2. For each Subsidiary where the Item is used, make sure that there is a Preferred Vendor set 

Note:

1. A Vendor can be a Preferred Vendor for multiple Subsidiaries. 

2. There can only be one Preferred Vendor for each Subsidiary.