What is a Blanket Order in Business Central?

A framework agreement with a vendor for recurring purchases over time, used to lock in prices and terms for multiple deliveries.

A Blanket Purchase Order in Business Central is a long-term agreement with a vendor that defines quantities and prices for goods or services to be delivered over a period of time. Instead of creating a new PO for every delivery, you create individual purchase orders against the blanket order.

Blanket orders are useful for recurring procurement — office supplies, raw materials, or maintenance services — where you negotiate bulk pricing but receive goods in smaller batches. BC tracks how much of the blanket order has been fulfilled and what remains.

When combined with the Requisition Worksheet, blanket orders can automatically generate purchase order lines with the agreed pricing. This ensures consistency and prevents manual pricing errors across multiple orders to the same vendor.

Related terms

• Purchase Order — A formal document sent to a vendor to order goods or services, with agreed quantities, prices, and delivery terms.
• Requisition Worksheet — A planning tool in Business Central used to create purchase suggestions and consolidate demand before issuing purchase orders.
• Vendor (Supplier) — A company or person from whom you purchase goods or services, represented as a Vendor Card in Business Central.
• Payment Terms — Codes defining when and how vendor invoices must be paid, such as Net 30 or 2/10 Net 30, configured on vendor cards.

How Zentriq helps

Zentriq's AI tools automate many of the manual processes around blanket order in Business Central. Learn about the Zentriq Agent or try Zentriq PunchOut to see how AI simplifies procurement in BC.