{
  "product": "Quikpair",
  "module": {
    "slug": "purchases",
    "title": "Purchases"
  },
  "task": {
    "slug": "create",
    "title": "Create a purchase",
    "question": "How to create a purchase order in Quikpair"
  },
  "url": "https://www.quikpair.com/how-to-use/purchases/create/",
  "summary": "Order stock from a supplier.",
  "steps": [
    {
      "n": 1,
      "instruction": "Open Purchases and tap New."
    },
    {
      "n": 2,
      "instruction": "Tap Select supplier and pick one. This is required — Create Purchase stays disabled without a supplier and at least one line.",
      "controls": [
        "Select supplier",
        "Scan Barcode"
      ],
      "screenshot": {
        "desktop": "https://www.quikpair.com/screenshots/purchases/create-flow-1-desktop.webp",
        "mobile": "https://www.quikpair.com/screenshots/purchases/create-flow-1-mobile.webp"
      }
    },
    {
      "n": 3,
      "instruction": "Add products: search by name or SKU, tap Scan Barcode, or browse the grid."
    },
    {
      "n": 4,
      "instruction": "Set the unit cost, tax and any discount on each line. The cost is what you pay the supplier, not what you sell it for."
    },
    {
      "n": 5,
      "instruction": "For a serialised product, tap the serials control on that line and type each serial number in — see Enter serial numbers on a purchase."
    },
    {
      "n": 6,
      "instruction": "Set the purchase date and the expected delivery date."
    },
    {
      "n": 7,
      "instruction": "Tap Add charge for shipping or anything else the supplier is billing you for — see Add shipping or other charges."
    },
    {
      "n": 8,
      "instruction": "Tap Add files to attach the supplier’s invoice — see Attach files to a purchase."
    },
    {
      "n": 9,
      "instruction": "Add a note if the order needs one, then tap Create Purchase — the phone layout puts the same button in the basket sheet and calls it Complete Purchase.",
      "controls": [
        "Add charge",
        "Create Purchase"
      ],
      "screenshot": {
        "desktop": "https://www.quikpair.com/screenshots/purchases/create-flow-2-desktop.webp",
        "mobile": "https://www.quikpair.com/screenshots/purchases/create-flow-2-mobile.webp"
      }
    }
  ],
  "notes": [
    "This raises an order. Nothing reaches your stock until you receive it — see Receive stock.",
    "Not finished? Save Draft parks it. F8 saves the draft, F9 creates the purchase."
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "module": "purchases",
      "task": "receive",
      "title": "Receive stock",
      "url": "https://www.quikpair.com/how-to-use/purchases/receive/"
    },
    {
      "module": "purchases",
      "task": "serials",
      "title": "Enter serial numbers on a purchase",
      "url": "https://www.quikpair.com/how-to-use/purchases/serials/"
    },
    {
      "module": "purchases",
      "task": "attachments",
      "title": "Attach files to a purchase",
      "url": "https://www.quikpair.com/how-to-use/purchases/attachments/"
    },
    {
      "module": "purchases",
      "task": "charges",
      "title": "Add shipping or other charges",
      "url": "https://www.quikpair.com/how-to-use/purchases/charges/"
    }
  ]
}