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1. The supplier does not have the stock now = sends it later with another purchase order to you
2. The price on the supplier invoice is not the same as the purchase order and this is not discovered until after the stock has been received
3. The supplier sends stock in multiple shipments - and hence there is multiple invoices for a PO
4. The supplier sends invoices that cross Purchase Orders
5. The supplier does not require pricing on the Purchase Order

For landed cost variations to expected landed cost prices - see Landed Costing

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The Supplier does not know pricing until they send the goods

The Purchase Order can be sent to suppliers with no pricing - this flag will remove prices from the PDF sent to the supplier

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Stock does not arrive

If a stock item does not arrive on a purchase order - count the received qty as zero = the purchase order will then be processed normally.  

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The invoice price variance will be allocated by the system to a control account "Purchase Price Variance" and the stock will NOT be revalued.

After the PO has been received and the stock is in the system - the stock can be revalued using Landed Costing by allocating additional costs.

The supplier Charged Freight

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