In-Depth Overview of the Purchase module

The Purchase Module allows you to:

• Plan orders with your suppliers
• Configure minimum quantities to have in stock
• Limit customer orders

Top Screen Buttons

1. Menu: Dropdown menu which allows you to refresh the list or edit the selected item.
2. Navigate by category: Allows you to navigate via your categories.
3. Perform search: Search among products.
4. Filter Results: Enables filters for your search.
5. View Details: View selected item details.
6. Add to invoice: Adds selected item to a Supplier order or Supplier purchase type of invoices.
7. Edit inventory: Edit the selected item.
8. Actions performed on this item: View item history.
9. Refresh: Updates the list if new supplier orders were made.
10. Export list: Allows you to export your purchase list.

Interface

1. Category: Item category
2. Item name: Name of the item
3. N / U: New or used
4. Status: No uses
5. Date status: No uses
6. Available: Quantity available
7. Customer order: Quantity of products under customer order
8. Customer order limit: Maximum quantity of customer orders for a product
9. Supplier order: Quantity currently in a supplier order
10. Sold without Inventory: Quantity of items sold while the inventory was at 0 in Alice POS
11. Demand: Quantity requested by customers
12. Required: Quantity required to meet demand
13. Retail Price: Retail price of the item
14. Arrival date: Estimated date of delivery
15. Release date: Release date (notably useful for products with a geographic release: video games for example)
16. Edit date: Edit made in the Purchase module or of the item
17. UPC: UPC code of the item