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Create and Manage Purchase Orders

New POs, line items, approval, email, print, and QuickBooks bill sync.

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Overview

Create purchase orders for stock replenishment, job shortages, or manual orders. After sending, receive inventory to update stock and costs.

Where in the app: Purchase Orders → New Purchase Order
Open: New PO


Create a PO

  1. Select vendor (required)
  2. Choose warehouse destination
  3. Add line items from catalog components — quantity, unit cost, vendor part #
  4. Set order date, expected date, reference, notes
  5. Save as Draft

Prefill shortcuts

SourceHow
Sales order shortagesSO detail → Create PO — vendor and shortage lines prefill
URL params?salesOrderId=, ?vendorId=, ?source=salesOrder

PO detail actions

ActionWhen
EditDraft, rejected, or approved (before sent)
Submit for ApprovalWhen approval workflow enabled
Approve / RejectUsers with po_approve permission
Email POSend PDF to vendor
Mark as SentAllows receiving without email
Print PDFDownload/print PO document
ReceiveSent or partially received — see Receiving
CloseAfter receiving complete
Cancel / DeleteRules depend on status and receipts

QuickBooks

When QuickBooks is connected, received POs can sync as vendor bills. Retry failed sync from PO detail if needed.