Purpose: An advance order can be created in one location and recalled and processed at another location.
Real Time Scenario: For Example :Cake order will be placed before a day or a week ,so that can be created as advance order later can be recalled and proceed to sales bill.
To proceed with the advance order, there is a Setting to be enabled first. To do this:
Go to Settings-> Users->Enable the create order location for the respective user.
To create the advance order:
Step 1: Go to Sales-> Add customer
Step 2: Choose the customer to be added
Step 3: Choose the Item. For eg. I have chosen Choco Brownie.
Step 4: Under the more options (three dots on the right side) click on Advance order
Go to Sales->More options->Advance order
Step 5: Choose Location, enter the other details and click on Done
Note: The advance order will be created for the location chosen here. For eg, I have chosen location as Velechary
Step 6: Enter a valid e-mail address for the advance order to be e-mailed and click on Done.
Note : After this, close the session in the Head office.
Step 7: Change the location to Velechary to process the order
Go to Settings->Change location to Velechary
Step 8: Recall the Advance order
Go to Sales-> More options -> Recall Adv order
Step 9: Choose the order and Add to cart
Step 10: The Item appears in the Sales screen
Step 11 : Click on Pay to bill and Tender the payment
Step 12 : The Advance and the Sales done can be viewed under Sales summary and Transaction summary reports
Go to Reports->Sales summary-> Sales summary /Sales details
Go to Reports->Transaction Summary->Advance order summary/Advance order detail