How to "Make Purchase Order" from Sales Order (but skipping Material Request)

[PhotoBiker]

Hi community,

How can I make a purchase order straight from a sales order? In my local test installation, after creating a sales order I get the option to make a Material Request, and when I do that, I can create a Purchase Order from it. I don’t need the Material Request, and I checked the demo version (demo.erpnext.com), and there it is actually possible to create a purchase order straight from the sales order.
I tried the item option “drop shipment” (which is what we do), but to no avail.

I’d really appreciate some help here…

[trentmu]

in the “awesome bar”, just type “new sales order”. create a new one, and in the “Customer’s Purchase Order” field, you can insert the relevant document/reference

[kennethsequeira]

@PhotoBiker

Are the items marked as drop ship items? If so, the option to create a Purchase Order should be available from the Sales Order: