can you create a PO without entering item receipt?

AI generated answer (using internal Slack threads):

Yes, you can create a Purchase Order (PO) without entering an item receipt in NetSuite. There are a couple of ways to do this: 1. You can set up the item as a "Drop Ship". In this case, you do not receive anything into inventory. You just end up marking the PO as "Shipped" and create an Item Fulfillment instead of an Item Receipt. 2. You can enable the "Bill in Advance of Receipt" accounting preference. This allows you to convert a PO to a Bill without creating an item receipt. 3. On the item record, if it’s not an inventory item, make sure that before saving the new item record, "Can be Fulfilled/Received" is set to false. This means that the item does not need to be received or fulfilled. However, it's important to note that if you want to match item receipts with bills, a PO must always exist to link the two. The sequence being that you have a PO, it gets Item Received for a certain quantity and then you can bill the PO. Item receipt is actually a very useful capability. You can use it to generate GL accruals which takes a lot of the mystery out of the end of month accrual process. ****** Disclaimer: This response was generated by an artificial intelligence assistant based on previous conversations from multiple Slack channels, and may contain inaccuracies or mistakes. ******