Create a Quote in Quote and Invoice Management

Create a Quote in Quote and Invoice Management

This article will walk you through how to create a quote using Quote and Invoice Management.  

In version 3.3 we have significantly enhanced Quote and Invoice Management.  The article below only refers to changes in version 3.3 and later. 

Create a Quote in Quote and Invoice Management

  1. From the Main Screen of Retailer click on Stock Maintenance --> Quote and Invoice Management
  2. Click on New Quote
  3. Select the customer you wish to create the quote for.  To search for a customer press Enter
  4. The Quote Expiry date will be pre filled based on your settings.
  5. Select the desired delivery data if needed.  This will also be prefilled based on your settings. 
  6. If required you can enter the customers purchase order number, this will be printed on the quote and any subsequent invoices. 
  7. Select your staff initials
  8. If known, enter in the freight, this can be entered later if needed.
  9. Once you are happy you can click into the grid to add stock items to the quote.  You can add items into the quote by the following methods
    1. Stock Number, you can click into this fields and scan in items using your barcode scanner.
    2. PLU - If you enter in your PLU code to select the item
    3. SSC - Entering in a suppliers SSC will allow you to select an item. 
  10. Once you have selected an item next you need enter in the Quantity the customer requires.
  11. To set the pricing please see the pricing article for steps on pricing items in Quote and Invoice Management.
  12. Once you have entered a qty and set the appropriate price, ensure you press enter or tab your way to the end of the line to save the item

If  you see a warning stating "Discount with Gross Profit less than or equal to $0 not allowed" it means either you have discounted a line item amount too much eg the GP is less then or equal to 0, or you have not saved the item into the quote.






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