Purchase Orders allow you generate a list of required items for customer orders and replenishment stock.
You can generate Purchase Orders prior to ordering from suppliers; on a predefined schedule; for sold stock; items ordered by customers that were out of stock in your store at the time, or for items out of stock which are required for services.
Generating Purchase Orders automatically is faster than manually compiling a list; provides the most accurate reflection of your stock requirements; allows for accurate update of cost prices and stock levels, and generates a record of the order that can be exported then imported into the suppliers B2B / ordering system.
Purchase Order Creation
You can create Purchase Orders in your system in several different ways to streamline your ordering and receiving of goods from Suppliers.
The articles linked below detail the different ways they can be created. The final article details how and why cost prices must be updated with the correct values when being received:
Blank Purchase Order for Manual Population
Purchase Order based on specific sales period
Purchase Order based on Re-Order / Min/Max levels