The Purchase Order screen has a lot of functionality, allowing for complete control of item ordering and price updates.

In this guide, we break down each section and explore the functionality available.
1)  Header Information
2) Main Grid
3) Action Buttons

Header Information

1) Purchase Order #4924372: This is the unique identifying number for the Purchase Order generated by Cloud POS.

2) Not Yet Placed > Awaiting Delivery > Stock Committed: This is the status of the Purchase Order.

3) Title: This is your title for the Purchase Order.

4) Store: This is the name of the store that the stock is being ordered for. 

5) Supplier: This is the Supplier that you are ordering from.

6) Information Icon: This pulls up the Supplier Information as a pop-up i.e. Supplier Address, Contact Name, Email Address etc.

7) Created: The date that this Purchase Order was created.

8) Due Date: This is the date when you anticipate this Purchase Order arriving with you in-store.

9) Created By: The Cashier that created the Purchase Order.

Main Grid

1) Item Lookup Code

2) Item Description

3) Supplier Part Code and Supplier Stock status

4) Quantity

5) Cost: The current cost of the item to be received.

6) Line Cost: the total cost of the units in this order line.

7) Tax Rate (%)

8) On Other Orders: this shows you how many units are already on an open purchase order or transfer.

9) Next 14 days: this shows you how many of the units On Other Orders are due to arrive in the next 14 days.

10) Price

11) GPM (%)

12) MSRP

13) Minimum Order

14) MPQ: Multi Pack Quantity

15) Packs: Number of packs ordered

16) Pack Cost: Cost price of the multi pack.

Action Buttons

There are a few action buttons near the top of the purchase order screen, and a movable panel of Action buttons near the bottom as well, which allow you to complete various functions.

Top Action Buttons

1) Edit: The blue pencil Edit icon in the top left lets you make changes to the Header, such as editing the Title, Due Date or Supplier Order Reference on the purchase order.

2) Search SIM: by searching for a Supplier Part Code, Alias Barcode, Description, Brand or Season, you can import items directly from SIM and add them to your purchase order all at once.

3) Search and Select Items:

This allows you to add multiple items to your purchase order at once.

Actions panel

1) Actions

The Actions button opens a panel with more options, as above. This is where you can export or email the purchase order to your supplier, apply a discount to the purchase order, create a wizard for all the items on this purchase order, or delete the purchase order completely.

2) Delete Item: if you have one or more items ticked on the main purchase order grid, you can delete those items from this purchase order using the red Delete Item button.

3) View Customer Orders: this shows you any open customer orders that could be fulfilled by the stock on this purchase order.

4) Print Purchase Order

5) Update Items using SIM: update the Cost Price, MSRP and/or update your price to match the Supplier's MSRP with SIM.

6) Mark As Placed: this marks the PO as placed in the system.