A purchase order (PO) is a commercial document and initial step of the ordering process. It is first official offer issued by a buyer to a seller, indicating types, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services. It is used to control the purchasing of products and services from external suppliers.
Backstore has implemented function which allows quick creation of the purchase document based by purchase order.
Purchase order document does not affect to stock levels. You need to create approved Purchase document to increase your stock.
Purchase process could be divided in the following steps:
- Sending the Purchase order document to the supplier
- Approval of the document after confirmation from the supplier
- Creation of the warehouse Purchase document
Warehouse Purchase document date should be date of goods arrival to the warehouse.