Acquisition Types

Overview

Inventory and Asset items are acquired by methods that can be the same and different from each other. These methods usually have a corresponding document, usually a Donation or a Purchase Order, to complete the acquisition of the selected inventory item. Other acquisition types depend on the needs of the customer or organization. This function represents all acquisition types valid for the acquisition of an Asset Item or Inventory Item. The information displayed on this screen is a user defined catalogue of acquisition types used in the organization.

 

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Acquisition Type screen Fields

Field

Definitions

Id

Unique identification code of Acqusition type.

Description

This is a brief description of the acquisition type, examples are: 'Purchase Order' 'Donation', 'Grant', Etc