Purchase Order processing tracks orders from the input of the purchase order to the receipt of goods, including returned goods and changed orders.  It handles partial shipments, multiple shipments against a purchase order and multiple partials.  Access to the order is available at any time so that you can quickly determine the status of orders by vendor, inventory item, requested date, etc.

As orders are received they are entered against the purchase order.  The purchase order keeps track of and notifies of partial receipts.  On subsequent receipt entries, the purchase order shows what has been received to date and the remaining items to be received.

The receipt of goods also triggers a match of the goods received to the open sales order file.  This match ties together non-stock (buy-out) items as they are received with the sales order on which they were ordered.  For stock items it locates all open sales orders which can be filled as a result of receiving the product.

The on-line interface to the Inventory application insures up-to-date information on the status of your products and better control of inventory movement.  As a purchase order is entered the inventory record is updated that an order has been placed.  When the product is received the on-order position is adjusted and the quantity received is added to on-hand.                       

Invoice posting, payments to of the purchase order.  The system allows you to receive multiple invoices on a single purchase order. 

Invoice posting, payments to vendors, vendor analysis, control and management reports and file maintenance functions are controlled by the Accounts Payable portion of the Purchase Order application.