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Records for items expected to arrive from Southeast Asia on the NPAC plan (usually for Echols) are entered solely to prevent duplication by firm orders. A purchase order should be created and that will serve as a placeholder for Requestor or Receiving instructions.
- Create a new purchase order.
- Select “Approval” from the TYPE field.
- In the ORDER LOCATION, SHIP TO and BILL TO fields, select “LTS Approvals”.
- Enter the vendor code as NPAC
- Import the bibliographic line item.
- Leave the price at $0.
- Select “ECHO”as the item location.
- In the fund code field, enter LOOK.
- Enter the requester information in the REQUESTOR note field. Example REQ:bm123@, Bat Man.
- Approve the PO but do not print or send it to vendor via EDI. This PO does not need to be sent to the vendor.
- In the Holdings screen, add a subfield “x” after “Ech” in the 852 field, and type ‘XBO REQ see PO’.