Sales are created by the customer placing an order. Each order may have A single sale order may be sent in a number of shipments. When it comes to invoicing shipments to customers the invoicing step can be handled a number of ways. The customer card can be setup for the following.
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Card Invoice Mode
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Orders
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Shipment
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Invoices
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Manual Invoicing
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One Order
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One or Many Shipments
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One Invoice for Each Shipment
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One Invoice Per Order
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One Order
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One or Many Shipments
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One Invoice for the Whole Order
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Batch Invoicing
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One Or Many Orders
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, depending on stock availability. This can have an effect on how invoices are sent to the customer.
Customers can be set up for three methods of invoicing:
Invoice method | Number of orders | Number of shipments | Number of invoices | When invoices are sent | What is on the invoice |
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Manual invoicing | One order | At least one shipment | One invoice for each shipment | Each time goods are shipped | A single shipment |
One invoice per order | One order | At least one shipment | One invoice for the whole order | When the order is fully shipped | All shipments in the order |
Batch invoicing | One or many orders | Any number of shipments | One Invoice for the period of time. Eg one invoice per month | Once per predefined time period | All shipments in the given time period |
Manual Invoicing
Each An invoice is generated every time goods are shipped an invoice is generated for the . The invoice covers only those goods that were shipped in that shipment. This is the default mode method of invoicing.
One
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invoice per order
The customer is not invoiced until the order is fully shipped. Shipments are not invoiced as they are dispatched, no matter how many shipments this takes. The order is regarded as being only considered ready for invoicing only when all lines on the order have been supplied. When the orders is fully supplied one A single invoice is then generated for all shipments.
Batch
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invoicing
The customer is invoiced once only during a particular period of time (usually per month). An invoice batch is generated at the end of the time period, and all shipments that occurred during that period are placed on a single invoice.
In situations where a single card is invoiced for multiple children (for example, a head office), Readysell can generate either a single invoice for the head office and all children, or one invoice for each site.