Purchase order (PO)
A formal document you send a supplier specifying the items, quantities, prices, and terms you're committing to buy.
A purchase order (PO) is the agreement between you and a vendor: what you're ordering, how many, at what price, and when you expect it. It's the backbone of replenishment and the record you receive against and reconcile invoices to.
In Skuwell, POs are generated from replenishment recommendations, sent to suppliers, confirmed (with promised ship dates) through the vendor portal, received against on the warehouse floor, and matched to invoices -- all on one record, so nothing falls between purchasing, the warehouse, and accounting.
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The elapsed time between placing a purchase order and having the stock available to sell.
Read definition → ReceivingThe process of checking in stock against a purchase order when it arrives and updating inventory.
Read definition → Demand forecastingPredicting future sales for each SKU so you can buy the right quantity at the right time.
Read definition → MOQ (Minimum order quantity)The smallest quantity a supplier will accept on an order, often forcing you to buy more than pure demand suggests.
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