When used together, the Sales Order Processing, Purchase Order Processing and Stock Control volumes are a powerful combination. Tight control over these areas can make a substantial difference to overall running costs and therefore to profit margin. The integration that Enterprise 6 offers between these volumes itself can represent a significant step towards efficiency of operation.
For example, once you have entered an Order Item, you can progress through Purchasing, receiving into Stock, delivering and Invoicing without having to retype details of the Product, Supplier, Client or the pricing. When you receive a Sales Order, you can quickly establish the current stock and back-order situations for the Product in question, allocate Stock to the Order and raise Purchase Orders, all without leaving the Sales Order screen. Because you are already aware of the back-order level, you can thus avoid over-ordering extra stock, if there isn’t anyone waiting for the existing orders. Once the items have been received into stock, their delivery to your customers and the raising of invoices can also be done from the Sales Order screen.
Some of these functions assume the presence of other volumes (Purchase Order Processing, Stock Control and the Sales Ledger).