Purchasing in the Inventory app follows the order you buy in: ask suppliers for prices, order from the best quote, receive the goods, then record and pay the bill.
- Create a request for quotation in Product Requests and send it to your suppliers.
- Compare their replies in Supplier Quotations, then turn the best quote into an order in Purchase Orders.
- When the delivery arrives, record it in Goods Receiving. The stock goes up.
- Record the supplier's bill in Purchase Bills, then record its payments, in full or in parts.
What happens along the way
- Each supplier receives its own purchase order by email.
- The Inventory home page shows what is still open: requests, orders, deliveries and bills to pay.
Good to know Suppliers you invite to the supplier portal can reply to your requests online instead of by email.