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Note that while the partial received amounts can be marked as received on the
mobile devices, the actual backorders will need to be created on the PC.
Common Purchase Order Questions
What is the difference between the Shipping Unit of Measure and the
Stocking Unit of M e asure?
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: 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) is the 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 setup preferred
suppliers for m y 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.
3. When you open the
order, the Notes section
contains a reference to
the backorder and the
Status is changed back
to New.
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