Difference between Sales Order and Purchase Order

[Dhiraj Saxena <dh...@gmail.com>]

Hello All,

Can anyone tell me about "Difference between Sales Order and Purchase Order"
as development point of view.
What things I have to keep in mind when I create any one of them.

Thanks,
Dhiraj

Re: Difference between Sales Order and Purchase Order

[Harsha Chadhar <ha...@hotwaxmedia.com>]

Dhiraj following can be helpful:

Sales and purchase order have many similar characteristics;the 
relationships and datastructures in both are similar but they differ in 
the matter of perspective and the parties and operations involved in it.

Order is  composed of ORDERITEMS that involve the PRODUCT that are meant 
for sales or has to be purchased.The sales and Purchase order are 
Identified by the ORDERSUBTYPE attribute i.e SALES_ORDER or PURCHASE_ORDER .

Sales and Purchase order involve different parties that may be from 
buying side or selling side.For instance:Organization(Party) involved in 
the sales order model is the CUSTOMER(customer), and party involved in 
the o purchase order is the SUPPLIER,though there could be several 
parties involved in Order that may assume several PartyRoles.

Also There are several contact mechanisms involved in Order,i.e where 
the order is to be billed or shipped.There could be more than one 
destination address for Sales order but only one for Purchase Order as 
the Sales order destination is decided on the basis of CUSTOMER's 
destination.

Regards
Harsha


Dhiraj Saxena wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Can anyone tell me about "Difference between Sales Order and Purchase Order"
> as development point of view.
> What things I have to keep in mind when I create any one of them.
>
> Thanks,
> Dhiraj
>
>