Converting a PO

This is given its own section just to better clarify.

The “purpose” of an Ordering batch in Rattail can vary. Presumably the most common use is to actually assemble a new PO, to be submitted to the vendor.

But this batch type can also be used to “convert” any arbitrary PO data, to any other format/system. You might have multiple different ordering “systems” which vary by vendor etc. If so then you could process PO data from each of these, as separate Ordering batches. Executing each batch would then produce whatever output you needed for them to be in a “common” format etc.

Probably the most common scenario for this is where you want to import the PO data into your POS system. This lets it know that the product is “on order” and will be what receiving happens against, once the order arrives from the vendor.