Use A Barcode Scanner for Purchase Orders
To increase the efficiency of adding products into a purchase order and receiving it, you can use a barcode scanner to help with the operation.
Adding products to a purchase order:
Please follow the steps below to add products to a purchase order.
1. Navigate to Inventory >> Purchases, and click on ADD NEW to create a purchase order, or any created purchase order to open it.
2. Set the options as required. For a detailed explanation of the options, please refer to, "What is a Stock Purchase Order?"
3. Click on anywhere blank to make sure the focus is not on any textbox or checkbox.
4. Scan the barcodes to add the products to the purchase order. Each time a barcode is scanned, the quantity of the product with it will increase by1.
Please note, Hike allows you to add a product to a purchase order only when the product has been created in Hike and is visible in the outlet to which the purchase order will be delivered.
If you have not created products that you are going to Scan, then Hike will ask you to create a new Product as per the below screenshot.
If you want to create a new product at that time, you can click on “Create New Product” otherwise you can cancel it.
When you click on “Create new Product”, the below screen will appear.
As per the above screen, you will be able to create a product without variants. To create products with variants you can go to: Product list page.
Receive a purchase order:
Please follow the steps below to receive a purchase order.
1. Navigate to Inventory >>> Purchases, and click on a created purchase order.
2. Click on the receive button, and a window will slide out.
3. Click on anywhere blank in the window, and start scanning the barcodes.
4. Each time a barcode is scanned, the quantity of the product with it will increase by 1.
5. Click on RECEIVE NOW for each product after the whole scanning process is completed to save the scanned results.
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