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Add Parts to Sales Order
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Add Parts to Sales Order
To add Parts which have not been received or quoted as a Sales Order Line Item (SOLI), press the ADD PARTS (TABLE) button from within a Sales Order. In this dialog, you will see:
- Settings to select every detail about the Parts to be added.
- Several options for adding additional Parts:
- By using the "ADD ROW" button.
- By copying any line item (for further editing) with the "Copy" tooltip on the right side.
- By adding a row from another Sales Order.
- To enter multiple similar Parts which will undergo the same Processes, you can use the button +CREATE MULTIPLE PART NUMBERS.
Part Number
The first drop-down list shows Part Numbers that have previously been saved. Select a Part Number from the list, or enter a unique Part Number (which may include any alphanumeric characters) to create a new Part Number.
If you want to create a new Part Number that isn't in the system yet, please review the "Creating New Part Numbers" article.
- After selecting a Part Number, there is a popup menu to view the details of Specs applied to the Part Number (VIEW SPECS - EDIT PN TO EDIT SPECS). These Specs can also be edited to a high degree of precision in the Specs Dashboard linked on the Homepage.
2. Part Options
If an existing Part Number has been selected, move to the Part Options column. This column contains two checkboxes, one labeled "Is one-off Part #" and the other "Update Defaults".
- 'Is one-off Part #" means the Part Number is not intended for repeated use and will not save in the Part Number drop-down menu.
- If 'Update Defaults' is selected, it will replace information that has been entered for this Part Number in the past.
- This will also update the unit price if the Steelhead app has been selected as the source of truth for accounting data.
- This will also update the unit price if the Steelhead app has been selected as the source of truth for accounting data.
3. Quantity
The Quantity column is where you can choose the amount of parts to be treated.
- The entry field can be changed to any amount needed.
- The button under this is to show or hide the inventory of Parts that are available to be treated.
- “Sales Order Total Part Count"
- Auto-populates with the number of Parts entered but can be edited if more Parts need to be on the contract.
4. Processes/Treatments
- The first drop-down list in this column is to select the Process which the Parts will be going through, with potential options like:
- The automatic "auto line".
- The "Scanner Line" that requires QR codes to be scanned.
- The next drop-down menus are used to select Treatments (5) that change depending on which transfer process you use.
- There may be Blasting options, Powder coating colors, Primer, or others.
This section contains an option to add Part Number instructions to Nodes of the selected Process:
6. Description
This column simply has an entry field for writing any notes or comments about the part being treated. Anything that might be of interest to Station operators could go here.
The Part Number Description field is global - it will appear on the Part Number for every order.
The Part Number Description can also be edited in a Quote Line Item.
If you want to enter instructions that are specific to a Work Order alone, use 'Work Order Comments' instead.
7. Work Order
- The drop-down menu here shows any existing Work Orders that include this Part Number. There is also the option to create a new Work Order.
- The button under the drop-down labeled "PART INFO" will bring up a full-screen menu with more data about the Part.
- This menu includes different Treatments, this depends on which Part is chosen and has different options available for each Part.
- The button next to the drop-down will add a new Work Order for the Part Number if available.
To put Work Order parts onto a Sales Order Line Item if they don't have one, follow these steps:
- Select Add Quoted Lines.
- Enter the number of the Quote that the Parts belong to.
- Select the desired Parts from the Quote Line Items.
To prevent accidental closing of Sales Order Line Items, quantities on Sales Order Line Items can only be changed if the Line Items themselves are NOT being closed.
Steps to find best results with this:
- Change parts associated.
- Check box to 'close SO Line' should be deselected.
To learn more, review Work Order articles.
8. Price/Unit
- The button under this column allows the Quote information for the Sales Order to be viewed.
- If this has not been connected to Quoting, there will be an orange alert notifier that says "Existing Line!"
- Since no Quote is selected in this case, the system will try to add the information to an existing line.
- "CONTRACT" button (9) that allows Contract Line Items to be added/edited.
If Part prices have not yet been determined, there will be no Sales Order lines for parts on the Sales Order. There are a few ways to set pricing.
Different Methods:
- Manually create a Sales Order Line, add, line information then select
to assign the information to a Sales Order Part.
- Select "+Part To Sales Order" to add a part to the Sales Order. From here either assign a Quote line item, create a Quote, or manually create a Sales Order line.
- Navigate to the Invoicing screen and select "Un-Priced Parts". From here all Parts without Sales Order lines/pricing will appear.
- Create Quote/Pricing on the Sales Order screen itself. This will give the opportunity to Quote all unpriced Parts on the Sales Order. From here, the Sales Order lines will be generated based on quoted information.
You can quickly flatten the prices of Sales Order Line Items:
- Go to the page for your Sales Order.
- Create lines for multiple parts on a Sales Order.
- Click the JOIN LINES button above the SOLI table and confirm.
- Add a price to the new line and click save.
10. To Node
This column is for directing the transfer of Parts, with a drop-down menu for both "from" and "to".
- The first menu will be automatically populated with the current Node, if applicable.
- The second menu (11) will need to be specified for the Part to reach the correct destination.
Actions
- The actions column has just two icons:
- One is for deleting the Part row (12).
- The other is for copying it to be under the original Part row (13).
- If there is only one Part row present on the "Add Parts to Sales Order" screen, deleting it will still work without closing the menu.
More Row Options
These are a few extra master options you can use while adding parts:
- ADD ROW to put a new empty row onto this Sales Order (14).
- ADD ROW FROM SALES ORDER to add Parts that are already on the contract (15).
- SAVE button saves the Parts to the Sales Order (16).
- SAVE & PRINT saves the Parts and also creates a PDF Job Tag for the floor (17).
Create Multiple Part Numbers in One Dialog:
To create a number of similar new Parts in a Sales Order, you can turn on the "Enable Create Multiple Part Numbers" toggle in your Domain Settings and follow these steps at order entry:
- Create a Sales Order and open the "Add Parts" table. Choose the "Create Multiple Part Numbers" button.
- Add the Specs, Process (select opt-in/out choices and/or default Treatments as applicable), and number of distinct new Parts to be created, saving after each step.
- Add quantities, descriptions, and prices, and click "Finish."
- You then have the opportunity to make any changes to the new parts individually in the "Add Parts" table.
- Clicking the "Assign Unique Names" button will give each unnamed Part Number a unique name.
- Activating the "One-Off Part Numbers" toggle will make all the newly created Part Numbers one-off (meaning that those numbers won't appear later in drop-down lists at order entry).
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