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Purchase orders

Learn how to create and receive Purchase Orders and manage incoming inventory in Material Retail.

Purchase Orders make it easy to order inventory, receive products into stock, and take the next steps once your inventory arrives.

Creating a Purchase Order
Receiving a Purchase Order
What’s Next?

Creating a Purchase Order

Step 1: Open Purchase Orders

Navigate to Inventory > Purchase Orders and click New Purchase.

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Step 2: Select Your Vendor

Choose the vendor you're placing the order with.

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Step 3: Complete the Purchase Order Details

If needed, fill in any additional information provided by your vendor, including:

  • Ship To Location
  • Order Date
  • Ship Date
  • Cancel Date
  • Payment Terms
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Step 4: Add Products

Select the products you'd like to order and enter the quantity for each item.

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Step 5: Finish the Purchase Order

Before creating the Purchase Order, you can also add:

  • Notes
  • Discounts
  • Shipping & Handling Costs

When you're ready, click Create Purchase.


Export a Purchase Order

Need to send the order to your vendor?

Open the Purchase Order and export it as a PDF.

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Receiving a Purchase Order

Step 1: Open the Purchase Order

Open the Purchase Order you'd like to receive.


Step 2: Receive Your Items

Click Receive Items.

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Step 3: Confirm Quantities

If you've received everything, leave the quantities as they are.

If only part of the order has arrived, change any items you haven't received to 0. This allows you to partially receive the order while keeping the remaining items open.

When you're finished, complete the receiving process.

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What's Next?

After receiving your Purchase Order, there are several things you can do.

🏷️ Print Labels

Click Actions > Print Labels to print labels for the products you just received.

For more label printing options—including printing labels from multiple Purchase Orders at once—see our Printing Labels article.


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Learn more in our Using Matty article.


✅ Close the Purchase Order

Once you've finished receiving inventory and completed any follow-up tasks, you can close the Purchase Order.


Need Help?

If you have questions about creating or receiving Purchase Orders, the Material Retail Team is happy to help.

 
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