New functionality has been added into the Invoicing system, which will allow an operator to create supplier Pre-Orders for one or more particular product lines on the invoice.
The new supplier Pre-Order screen can be invoked in a number of ways:
-
Via the menu item called ‘Supplier Pre-Order Entry’. This will load the new ‘Supplier Pre-Order Entry’ screen for either the current line, or the previous product line.
-
Via the new semi-colon command ;SUP. This will load the new ‘Supplier Pre-Order Entry’ screen for the previous product line. You can also add a line number to the end of the semi-colon command (eg. ;SUP4) to specify which line to use.
The ‘Supplier Pre-Order Entry’ screen gives users the ability to create Pre-Order records to be used in the Ordering system. On this screen the operator can determine how they will fulfill the stock from free stock and one or more suppliers, in the case where some of the stock is coming from a particular supplier, a Pre-Order for that supplier will be created for the desired quantity. It should be noted that the quantities entered for a supplier may be adjusted automatically based on the supplier packaging.
A supplier Pre-Order can be modified at any point up until the final order is created, this could be done via the Pre-Order Entry screen by changing the quantities, for example.
Furthermore, if an invoice is printed, or the shipped quantities are modified before the order is processed, then the previously created Pre-Order records will be removed.