[Paul Jolley]

Hi there. I have been working on my store for a couple of months now, and all my efforts are now starting to bare fruits :-) The store I have set up at the moment does not carry stock so the process is;
1. Customer buys online
2. Purchase order generated.
3. Goods come in.
4. Delivered
5. Everyone happy.

The thing is the orders that I have taken have not generated a PO request. I have not put in any stock figures at all at the moment, and that includes a 0 stock figure.

I have hunted the knowledge base, manual and forum for a step by step guide on how to 1. process the order (which I have pretty much worked out) and 2. generate either automatically or manually a PO to the supplier, although I am sure that this should work automatically.

Hope you can point me in the right direction.

[Ben]

You need to enter stock figures and re order levels and minimum order quantities before the PO generation will work.
For a non stock site you'll need to enter the stock value as zero and the re order level at -1.
You also need to fill in all the vendor rules fields for each product.
We do hold stock, but this function make purchasing a doddle, we just press a few buttons and volusion emails orders to our suppliers.
hope this helps

[Paul Jolley]

I have entered the vendor rules already. I will now go and enter the stock levels, stock status etc...

Thanks again..

[Sonya]

For drop shipping, you also need to make sure you have the AutoDropShip box checked under Vendor Information for each product and that the DoNotAllowBackOrders box is not checked.

Sonya
www.adventurelandfurniture.com

[Paul Jolley]

With the goods coming into me first I take it that Sonya's comment does not count, or do I still need to do this in order for it to create the PO?
Cheers for the reply Sonya.

[jaded*optimist]

Sonya is correct, you need to check Auto Drop Ship and uncheck Do not allow back orders, otherwise the PO will not be generated. Because your stock number is going to count down into negative numbers, people will not be able to order if you have "do not allow back orders" checked.

[Paul Jolley]

I have edited all setting mentioned. Just need some customers to check it works.

Thanks again.

[jaded*optimist]

To test, I add my own e-mail address in the vendor info so when a PO is generated I get a copy. Then when I am sure it is working, I remove my e-mail from there. I create a gift certificate for myself and order the product and instead of my name and address in the ship to field I put in TEST-DO NOT SHIP

[Paul Jolley]

Almost there. Good tip with the gift voucher, that was I can create a dummy order without having to do a refund for myself.