Inbound Orders

Inbound orders can be created for different business scenarios. The available inbound order types include:

• Customer Return: Used to process inventory returned by a customer.
• Purchase Order: Used to request inventory from a supplier to replenish stock.
• Stock Transfer: Used to transfer inventory between factories within the same company.

A Purchase Order (PO) is an agreement between the supplier and the buyer to purchase a specified quantity of materials, at an agreed price. When a purchase order is received, the supplier send materials to the buyer. These materials can be sent to the facility through a single transaction or multiple Inbound Deliveries. As inbound orders progress through the receiving process, the status of these orders are updated to reflect the current stage of processing. The available inbound statuses are:

• Requested: The order has been requested and the deliveries for this order are planned.
• Planned: The order is scheduled and no deliveries have been received.
• Awaiting Delivery: Deliveries have been planned but not yet received.
• In Progress: The order is in progress and at least one delivery for the order is received.
• Complete: The order is completed and all the expected deliveries are received.
• Cancelled: The order has been cancelled and no further deliveries can be received.
• Rejected: The order has been rejected and no deliveries are planned.

Inbound Orders can be created manually in the application. However, orders that are automatically downloaded from the integrated ERP through an interface can also be used.