Buy against demand.
See shortages created by customer orders and made-to-order work, then purchase the products or materials needed to supply them.
Purchasing and purchase orders
Buy what the business actually needs.
Connect customer demand, shortages, suppliers, purchase orders, goods in and supplier bills instead of working from separate lists.
Create purchase orders from stock demand and customer orders.
Use the supplier’s information.
Keep supplier product codes, pricing and price breaks with the product you buy.
Receive what actually arrives.
Handle partial receipts, shortages and the remaining quantity without pretending the whole purchase order arrived at once.
Link each purchase back to the order or work that created the demand.
Purchasing does not sit in isolation. A Purchase Order can be linked to the exact Sales Order or Work Order it supports. Sales and operations can see why something was ordered and what still needs to arrive before the customer order can move.
Use more purchasing depth when the buying process needs it.
Supplier RFQs
Request pricing from suppliers before committing the Purchase Order.
Multi-currency purchasing
Buy from overseas suppliers while keeping the operational purchase connected to the customer or stock demand behind it.
Landed cost
Bring freight and other landed costs into the real cost of the stock instead of judging margin from supplier price alone.
Units of measure
Handle the way suppliers buy and pack products when the purchasing unit is not the same as the unit you sell or stock.
Keep supplier pricing, quantities and receiving under control.
- Purchase orders and suppliers
- Supplier product codes, prices and price breaks
- Request for quote before purchase
- Purchasing against shortages, Sales Orders and Work Orders
- Made-to-order and back-to-back purchasing
- Multi-currency buying
- Landed cost
- Units of measure
- Partial receipts and outstanding quantities
- Goods in, putaway and purchase returns
- Supplier bills where the financial transaction belongs in accounts
A purchase order only needs to reach accounts when accounts needs it.
If a payment needs to be made from the purchase order, it can go to MYOB or Xero. Otherwise, the operational purchase order can stay in Tall Emu and the financial transaction goes across at the supplier bill stage.
This keeps buying and receiving in CRM without loading the accounting system with records it does not need.
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