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Purchase Orders

The PO list with order and inventory status, and the full detail of a PO as it's received.

Receiving → Purchase Orders is the list of everything you've told the warehouse to expect, with live receiving progress.

The purchase order list

The purchase order list

Two tabs:

  • Today's Arrivals — POs expected to land today, as quick-glance cards.
  • All Purchase Orders — the full table.

Each PO carries two status signals:

Order StatusMeaning
PendingCreated; nothing received yet.
In ProgressThe warehouse is actively receiving it.
CompletedReceiving finished.
CancelledCancelled before completion.
Inventory StatusMeaning
Not ReceivedNo units in yet.
PartialSome units received.
ReceivedEverything (or more) accounted for.

The Received / Ordered column shows progress at a glance (e.g. 60 / 280).

Following a PO

Open a PO to see its detail, organized into four tabs.

Details

The vendor, expected arrival, tracking, and carton/pallet counts, plus a totals row — Expected, Received Good, Damaged, and Variance.

A completed purchase order's Details tab

Lines

Receiving progress per item:

Line statusMeaning
PendingNot received yet.
PartialSome of the expected quantity received.
CompleteReceived in full.
OverMore received than expected.
ShortFinished receiving with fewer than expected.

Damaged units and unexpected items (not on the original PO) surface here too. Once a PO is Completed, a Receiving Report summarizes the outcome — Complete, Short, Over, Damaged, and Unexpected counts — which you can export to CSV.

A completed PO's Lines tab with its Receiving Report

Attachments

Drag in packing lists, invoices, or photos (PDF, image, or spreadsheet) to keep supporting documents with the PO. Anyone can download them; you can remove ones you uploaded.

Timeline

A running log of everything that happened to the PO — created, edited, received, and status changes — plus a note composer to leave a comment for your 3PL.

You create and track POs; the physical receiving — scanning units onto shelves — is done by your 3PL's warehouse team. So you'll see receiving progress and discrepancies, but the "Start receiving" controls belong to them.

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