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Updating Inventory

When you receive items, use the saved purchase order to keep track of the items you receive and to update your inventory.

To update your inventory:

1. Choose Inventory > Receive Purchase Orders, or click the Receive Purchase Orders icon in the Inventory section of the workspace.
   You can also click Receive at the bottom of the Purchase Orders dialog box.
2. In the Receive Purchase Orders Selection dialog box. select the purchase order in the list.
3. Click Receive.
4. In the Receive Purchase Order Details dialog box, if you received the entire order, click Receive All in the upper-right corner.
   If you received a partial order, enter the actual amount you received in the Received Now column.
5. If you wish, type a Comment about the items.
6. If the order had many items, click Next to view other items.
7. If you received an invoice from your vendor with the shipment, to create a bill from the purchase order, select the Create Bill check box. Fill the information in the boxes based upon the invoice.(When you click Receive, this will be processed as a payables transaction.)
8. Click Receive.
9. In the Receive Purchase Orders Selection dialog box. select another purchase order to receive or click Close.