Purchase Orders

Create and manage purchase orders in Workstand POS.

Create a New Purchase Order

• To create a new purchase order, navigate to Inventory > Purchase Orders and click "Create purchase order".

Add Order Information

• Once the purchase order is created select a supplier from the Supplier list.

• Enter your dealer ID for that supplier, if applicable.

• Select a Ship to address for the order. 

• • To enter a different ship to address select "Other address", enter custom shipping information, and click "Save changes".

Add Products

• Use the "Add Product" search bar to find products by product name, brand, SKU, GTIN (UPC), or MPN.

• When you begin typing a modal will open with results that will continue to refine as you update your search term.
• Once you find the products you are looking for, select them from the list and click "Add to order".
  
  

• Use the Product availability dropdown to view item availability amount and location.
  

  

Add Special Orders

• In the top right corner of the Add Product section, click "Add special order product".

• A modal will appear with all items marked as special order that are not already assigned to a purchase order.
• Select an item and click "Add to purchase order". 
  
  

• The item will then appear in the Product section of the purchase order with a Special order designation that can be expanded to view the associated sale and sale #, Customer, Phone, and Comments. 

• • The Purchase order # will also appear on the Special orders list screen.

Update Status

• Once your purchase order is submitted to the supplier, use the Status dropdown to set the purchase order status to Open.
  • Orders may also be marked as Partially received, Received, Done, or Archived.

• Once a purchase order is marked as Open an Ordered date can be added in the Order information pane.

• The status is displayed at the top of the order, as well as in the Purchase Orders list view.

Add a Comment

• Scroll to the bottom of the purchase order to leave comments.
• Comments are tied to the user who is logged in, are posted in chronological order, and cannot be edited after they are posted.
• Comments are limited to 200 characters.

Receive a Purchase Order

• Navigate to Inventory > Purchase Orders, find the purchase order you'd like to receive, and click on it.
• Purchase orders can be received all at once if all ordered items arrive together, or item by item if the products arrive at different times. 
  • To receive all items on the purchase order at once, click "Mark all as received".

• • • The received inventory will be added and the Status will change to "Received" with today's date.
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  • To receive the items line by line, locate the item you want to receive and add the received inventory to each line item by clicking the right-pointing arrow.

• • • The received inventory will be added and the Status will change to "Partially received".

• To receive items using a barcode scanner click the barcode icon and scan products one-by-one.

• • When done, click "Close" to exit scanner mode.
• If applicable, once an item is received click "Add" to enter serial numbers.

• Once all items on the purchase order are received, the status can be changed to "Done" which will remove the purchase order from the default view of the purchase order list.

Print Labels for Products

• Once an item is added to a purchase order you can print a label in these sizes: 2.25 in (w) x 1.25 in (h), 2.00 in (w) x 1.00 in (h), or 1.25 in (w) x 1.00 in (h).

• Labels can be printed individually or for the entire purchase order. 
• To print an individual label, find the product on the purchase order and click the 3 dots for more actions.

• • Select "Create label".
    

• • Select label size, enter the quantity to print, and click "Create label".

• To print labels for all items on the purchase order at once, click the label button to the right of the product search bar.

• • Confirm the correct label size is selected and click "Create label".

View, Search, & Filter

• To view a list of all purchase orders, navigate to Inventory > Purchase Orders.

• • The purchase order list shows all purchase orders (except those excluded), their PO number, Status, Created date, Ordered date, Received date, Supplier, the number of products on the order, and the total cost.
    • • The default purchase order list view doesn't include "Done" or "Archived" purchase orders. 

Sort Purchase Orders

• Purchase Orders can be sorted by the Created date (ascending or descending) or by the Total Cost (high to low or low to high).

Search for Purchase Orders

• Use the Search by PO # field to search for purchase orders by their PO number.

Filter Purchase Orders

• Click the "Filter" button to filter purchase orders.

• A window will slide out from the right with these filter options: Supplier, whether Supplier Fulfillment was requested, order Status, Created date, Ordered date, and Received date.

• • Click the down arrow in each section to make the desired selections and click "Done" to apply the filters.

View Special Orders

• To view special orders click "View special orders" in the Purchase Orders list screen.
  
  

More Actions

• From within a purchase order click "More actions" to view a drop-down menu with options to Email, Download, Print, or Duplicate the purchase order.

Email

• Click the "Email" button to share your purchase order.

• When emailing a purchase order, e.g. to submit it to a supplier, the "To", "From", and "Subject line" fields are all required.

• You may also check the Email copy to the sender's email address box to have a copy emailed to you.

Download

• Click the "Download" button to download the purchase order as a CSV file.
  • The file will automatically download once the "Download" button is clicked.

Print

• Clicking the "Print" button will save the purchase order as a PDF.

Duplicate

• Click the "Duplicate" button to create a copy as a new purchase.