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Ordering and Receiving stock from suppliers
In mSupply Mobile, incoming stock is handled differently depending on whether it is coming from an:
- Internal Supplier: Another store in your mSupply system
- External Supplier: A supplier that is not a store in your mSupply system.
Stock coming from an Internal supplier
Stock from an Internal Supplier is handled by:
- Create a Supplier Requisition (internal order), either as a General Order or a Program Order
You can ONLY create Supplier Requisitions for Internal Suppliers. You can NOT create Supplier Requisitions for External Suppliers.
- Process the resulting Supplier Invoice that will be created automatically.
An Internal Supplier can push stock to your store. In this case, there will be no Supplier Requisition. A Supplier Invoice will just appear in your store and the stock will hopefully follow soon after. The Supplier Invoice is processed in the same way, regardless of whether you created a Supplier Requisition or not.
Stock coming from an External Supplier
Stock coming from an External Supplier will come without any warning in mSupply. You will not have created a Supplier Requisition, and there will be no Supplier Invoice waiting for you to process. The first opportunity for you to tell mSupply about the stock will normally be when it arrives at your store. When this happens, you will:
You can ONLY create Supplier Invoices for External Suppliers. You can NOT create Supplier Invoices for Internal Suppliers.
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