External Orders

An external order is a request placed by a location for products from an outside vendor.

Note: For most institutions, external orders are placed from a main warehouse.

External orders are the main way to move products into the Inventory module. You may place an order using one of two methods when product quantities are low and your location requires additional stock:

• Place an external order to one vendor

• Place an external order to multiple vendors

Pending external orders sometimes require modifications. While the order is pending, you can edit the order. This may include:

• Edit the order details

• Cancel items in the order

• Cancel the entire order

When external orders have arrived at your institution, you must complete the order. This can include:

• Receive external orders

• Complete external orders that are set to Partial Fill

• Close items

After external orders have been received at your institution, you may need to alter the order's contents. This can include:

• Edit the number of received units

• Edit the detail for a received item

• Adjust a product’s quantity

• Split an order’s contents

• Repackage an order’s contents