Parts order tracking

[FixitRightAuto]

Hello everyone! So I've had a predicament that I'm trying to work through mentally and wanted some input. We primarily service cars from a used car lot and that involves ordering lots of parts from lots of vendors, and it's only my manager and I ordering parts. The linked vendors are not a problem because the system turns them blue when ordered, letting us know they've been ordered. Currently with non-linked vendors, we have a system that involves editing the part description to state who we talked with, on what day, and what the eta is. I've only recently attempted to use the Pick List function to start tracking these, but even then there's that additional question of whether a part was ordered or not at a glace.

Do you have any tips or work arounds on this we might be able to try? I know the tedious system works, but I also like efficiency as I'm pretty lazy

[Rich]

Are you making PO's for the parts you are manually ordering?

[Rich]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g09QYRiXLPw

A quick video on how to do that

[ricmorin]

Using PO's is the way to track parts ordering. There are fields on the PO where you could store all pertinent data about the order. Unfortunately, there is no visible means on the order screen itself. Click on the PO button while on the Order to see ALL PO's related to that order only. That will help sort things out.

I believe there is a story written to have manual orders behave the same as electronic ones on the WIP, ie: change color.

[FixitRightAuto]

Thanks, guys. I will be sure to train him on checking for those POs. I really do like the idea of them changing colors, too. That would be a great enhancement.