Sales Orders

A Sales Order is the "fulfillment control document" that is the foundation for generating sales order, shipment and invoicing documentation. In addition, Vendor Purchase Orders may be created automatically for the items specified on a sales order and directly shipped to the customer if appropriate.

Different types of sales orders cause different business process behavior in Compiere. For example, a "Prepaid Order" will not allow shipments until payment occurs. A "Point of Sale" order assumes the customer is at the counter with the goods in hand and generates all transactions including stock decrement, invoicing, and payment through the entry of a single document. A "Standard Order" by comparison, will check availability before accepting the order then queue the order for fulfillment by the warehouse and then generate an invoice in the next invoice run or otherwise in accordance with the invoice rules for that customer.

Compiere supports the following Sales Order Situations:

• Standard Order — This is used when shipping products by availability. Users can generate the invoice immediately or after the shipment.
  POS Order — This is used in 'over the counter' sales situations with anonymous customers. The order generates the shipment and invoice. The payment is received via Cash, Check, Credit Card, etc.
• Credit Order — This is used for known (on account) customers, with or without a credit line. The order generates the shipment, invoice, and optionally receives the payment.
  Warehouse Order — This is used when creating summary invoices. Users can select the shipments manually or create the invoice based on invoicing rules (e.g. weekly, on the 1st and 15th of a month, etc.).
• Prepay Order — This is used in Web Store Transactions. Users can send the shipment and generate the final invoice after receipt of the money.