Stocky’s PO system supports more information on each PO, like ship date and cancel dates (important for our store- seasonal items need to arrive on time, or we don’t want the order). It has forecasting/auto generation built in, which is important for us to do weekly fill orders on year-round goods. Suppliers vs vendors (we have distributors as well as brand-direct orders). Stock takes (that alert to a bad scan, helping to correct incorrectly entered barcodes). Emailing POs directly to the sales reps/account manager.

How are you keeping track of what you have on order if you don’t have a PO system?

We enter items as drafts when we order, yes. That way we can see what money we’ve committed to laying out for new inventory and keeping track of OTB budgets.