Purchase Order Details
  • 11 Apr 2023
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Article summary

Overview of the purchase order details page

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Top Action Menu

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ActionDescription
Save and CloseSaves the opened purchase order and closes the tab.
SaveSaves opened purchase order.
Save, close & mail...Saves the newly created purchase order. Closes the tab and opens a new email window with a predefined email template.
TemplateHere the default template for the purchase order document is defined.
Preview PDFClick this button and provide a purchase order code to preview the auto-generated purchase order document.
Mail SupplierClicking the arrow will show the list of email templates available for the purchase order. By clicking one of them, a new email to the supplier is opened in a new tab, generated based on the specified template.
ProvisionOpens a provision purchase order page in a new tab. The provision button is enabled only for saved purchase orders without deliveries.
DeleteDeletes opened purchase order.

'Save, close & mail' option is available only for the newly created purchase orders. Once the first email is sent to a supplier, the button is disabled. Please use Mail Supplier button instead.

Purchase order details

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FieldDescription
Supplier(Required) The supplier who is going to deliver the purchase order.
Our Reference(Optional) Could be used as a merged field for creating a purchase order documentation and is also visible from the provisioning page.
Comment(Optional) Could be used as a merged field for creating a purchase order documentation and is also visible and editable from the provisioning page.
Supplier note(Optional) Could be used as a merged field for creating a purchase order documentation and is also visible and editable from the provisioning page.
PO CodePurchase order code is generated automatically when the order is saved. It could be amended before the purchase order status is changed to "Sent to Supplier".
TypeThe type of the purchase order is defined the moment the order is created. ShopCtrl supports three Purchase Order types: Regular, back-to-back, dropship.
Order Date(Required) The date the purchase order was created. You could not change it once the PO was sent to the supplier or delivery for this particular PO is created.
HandoverThe date the purchase order document was sent to a supplier.
ExpectedExpected delivery date is set based on an upcoming Deliveries. Or could be set manually while creating an order.
ReceivedThe Date of receipt.
Currency(Required) The currency of the particular purchase order. You can change currency information until the purchase order is approved.
Destination(Required) Destination warehouse where the purchase order is heading to.
Supplier InvoiceEntered manually, the number of the supplier's invoice.

Totals (ex VAT)

Total purchase order cost excluding VAT in a shop currency

FieldDescription
SubtotalIs calculated automatically based on the total products cost
Shipping costCould be entered manually based on a supplier Invoice
Discount, %The number in % is applied to the whole order, including the shipping cost.
DiscountIs calculated based on a previous field and displayed in this field.
Order totalTotal calculation of the purchase order

Products pane

Action menu

ActionDescription
AddAdds a new product row to a purchase order
EditEdits the product row
DeleteDeletes product row
More > Copy RowCopies product row

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Products table

Here the products, quantity, price, and expected delivery date are defined.
Click the product code link to open a product details window in a new tab.

Hover a mouse over the icon and a pop-up window will show the last 10 purchase orders for this product.

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Topic menu

Contact info

Bill to

Here the contact information of the Buyer is defined.
The purchase order is created on a shop owner level, and initially, the 'Bill to' details are also specified in a shop owner's settings.
The contact information is stored per purchase order. You can modify the exact order shipping details without having to update the shop owner contact info.

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Ship to

This is the address of the warehouse that was chosen as a target warehouse for the purchase order.
Please edit the fields and save the purchase order to update the contact information of the warehouse chosen .

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Purchase order status

From this control, it is possible to enter a comment (optional) and change the purchase order status.

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(Pre) allocated order rows

After the regular or back-to-back purchase order was fully or partially provisioned, ShopCtrl starts to allocate the stock items that were received.
It is easy to trace the sales orders that this purchase order is going to fulfill.
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Please click the icon image.png in the order code column to open the sales order window in a new tab.
Select a sales order row and click the Deallocate button to deallocate stock for the chosen order manually. The sales order row will disappear from the pane. Please go to the sales order page to manually allocate the stock for it again.

Mail

All the correspondent emails created and sent to the supplier of this particular purchase order are shown in this pane.
Double click an email row to open it in a new tab.

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Deliveries

Once the delivery is created (automatically upon provisioning or manually), you could view it here.
Please view Creating Delivery for the Purchase Order for more information.

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Parameters

Here is an overview of the parameters that are applied to this particular purchase order. Parameters on purchase orders are free to use.
Please enter a name and value(s).

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Stock items

Here is an overview of the advanced stock items that were delivered by this purchase order.
View Advanced Warehouse for details.

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