Re: Initial inventory, cancelling invoice, operating manual

[Jeff Kowalczyk <..hidden..>]

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:07:28 -0700, Chris Travers wrote:
>> A preliminary test with 1.2.x indicates that this initial inventory only
>> becomes available for menu|shipping|receive if I use a purchase order, and
>> later convert that to a vendor invoice. Is that correct initial inventory
>> procedure?
> 
> Menu/Shipping/Receive is to track incoming parts against purchase
> orders.  Similarly Menu/Shipping/Ship tracks outbound parts against
> sales orders.  Hence this is specific to order fulfillment workflows.
> A part with no purchase order but which has an invoice shows up as
> available to be shipped in the interface when you have an open sales
> order.  Does this make sense?

Yes, it does make sense. If I wanted to do a contrived 'receive event'
from the (generic adjustment vendor) for the initial inventory, is it the
same end result as if I just did the generic vendor invoice alone?

Thanks,
Jeff