Adding a Sales Order header
- Navigate to ‘Sales Orders & Quotes’
- Using the Actions ‘Add Sales Order’ (see plus symbol and Action menu top right of screen)
- This begins the process of creating a Sales Order header, Sales Items are added after the Sales Order header is created.
- Leave the Sales Order Type as ‘Order’.
- It’s mandatory to add a customer (from customer records) to apply the order to.
- It is also mandatory to have a Sales Order Prefix, this will have a default value populated, ie. ‘SO’ (The Sales Order Prefixes are defined in a separate program).
- If the subject is set to Automatic – ‘New Order for Customer’ will be populated, you can type a subject of your choice and modify it later.
- Customer Order No. is a field to type the reference given to you by your customer, this may be a PO number. The default value is ‘Verbal’. The field can be modified later.
- Click Save, bottom left of the New Order screen.
Adding Lines to an Order
- With the header created, the main details of the order are visible on the screen.
- Use the Line actions in the items section to add Sales Order item lines.
- After adding the item the next screen will allow you to type a product item name.
- After the product is selected, the screen will populate with details from the product record.
- The stock status shows on the right hand side, notifying you the quantity of the product in stock and how much is available.
- The fields on the left hand side, populated from the product record, are editable.
- The quantity should be input that is required for the order, and the price sense checked.
- If the box ‘Generate back-to-back MO’ is checked, a manufacturing order will be created regardless of how much of the product is in stock.
- Clicking Save, at the bottom of the screen, will return you to the sales order header, Save and Continue will directly take you back to a new sales order item input screen. There is also the option to cancel and return to the sales order header, without saving the line item.
- Firm the sales order using the function with the Action menu
- After adding all lines to the order, it can be Printed and/or emailed.
Existing Orders
- Navigate to the Sales Order Landing Page.
- Search for an existing order or select an order from the Landing Page.
- Firm order lines can be amended or cancelled.