Ordering from a supplier and receiving the delivery

Monday. The Stock page says Reorder 4 low items. All four come from Metro Wholesale. The delivery arrives Wednesday, one item short.

1. 1If Metro isn’t on your list yet, open Inventory › Suppliers › Add supplier and fill its name, contact and terms.
2. 2Open Inventory › Purchasing and press New order to open New purchase order. Pick the Supplier, then under Lines press Add low-stock items (4) — the four appear with a suggested Qty to reach target. Adjust, or Add line for anything else.
3. 3Press Create order. The status is Ordered and it sits under Awaiting delivery. (Not ready to commit? Save draft keeps it as a Draft; press Send on it later to mark it ordered. Menulisa doesn’t email the supplier — you place the order your usual way.)

1. 1Wednesday: open the order and press Receive. Under Receiving now enter what actually arrived — three lines in full, the fourth as 0 — and press Confirm delivery. You’ll see Received — stock updated.
2. 2The order shows Partly received and stays under Awaiting delivery for the missing line. When it turns up, receive again; then it’s Received.

• Each received line raised the stock and stamped its Unit cost; recipes using those ingredients re-cost themselves.
• The order header shows Ordered value against Received value, so a short delivery is visible in money, not just in kilos.
• The line under the Purchasing title adds up what you received — what you actually spent, the number your accountant wants.