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12.6 Purchase Order FAQ
What is the difference between the Shipping Unit of Measure and the Stocking Unit of Measure?
The Stocking Unit, entered on the Create New Item or Edit Item screen, Additional tab, is the portion
by which the quantity will be stored in your inventory. This unit represents "Eaches", meaning it
represents how you want each item of this type to be measured. Examples are: bag, barrel, basket, block,
bottle, box, carton, container, drum, gallon, jar, pack, package, pallet, section, tub, vial, etc.)
The Shipping Unit, entered on the Create New Item or Edit Item screen, Manage Suppliers tab, (Pro
and Enterprise versions only) isthe unit used by the supplier when shipping this item. This may be box,
pallet, etc. This is different from the "Eaches" Stocking Unit. For example, you may have entered "jar"
for the stocking unit, but the supplier may ship the item in boxes containing 10 jars. In this example,
when creating purchase orders, you would specify the Order Unit as "box" rather than "jar" (or you could
end up with 100 boxes of jars rather than 100 jars).
I have the Standard version of InventoryControl. Can I set up preferred suppliers for my items?
Standard version users are limited to one supplier per item, so this is automatically your preferred
supplier. Pro and Enterprise version users can enter multiple suppliers for each item and select one as
their preferred supplier.
What is the difference between the Reorder Quantity field found on the Create New Item or Edit
Item screen, General tab and the Reorder Quantity field found on the Create New Item or Edit Item
screen, Location tab?
The Reorder Quantity field on the General tab is the reorder quantity for the item throughout all sites
and locations. The Reorder Quantity field on the Location tab is the reorder quantity for the item at a
specific location (you can enter this quantity for each location that contains this item).
When you are creating purchase orders, you can click the Items at Re-Order Quantity button to see a list
of items that have reached their minimum stock levels (by location) for the selected supplier. You can
then select which items to add to the purchase order and they will be inserted into the current order. The
quantity in the Reorder Quantity field on the Location tab will be used for the quantity requested on the
purchase order.
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