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Advanced Add Quote Process

Customer Select the customer you are creating a quotation for on the drop-down
Sales RepThis is where you select the specific sales rep if you have sales reps set up.
Quote Date
Valid Until DateThis will be the date on which the quote will expire.
Delivery DateThis is the date on which the goods or service will be delivered.
DescriptionThis is a general description of the items on the quote.
Reference
Order NumberIf a client requests for a specific purchase order number to be put on the quote.
Currency View 
Comment 


Go to Address Tab and insert the Invoice Group and Click Save

Next the items that you want to put on the quote have to be inserted. To do this click Add.

 


Next the items that you want to put on the quote have to be inserted. To do this click Add. 

The following screen will appear.

CategorySelect the type of inventory item i.e. Stock, Service or Custom.
Item CodeThis is where you search for the item that you want on the quote.
Item DescriptionThis will be filled in automatically once the item is selected.
QuantityThe quantity of the specific item that you want on the quote.
System & Total CostLeave this as it is.
WarehouseSelect the warehouse that you want to take the stock out of from this drop-down menu.
Selling Inc. VATIf you want to enter the selling price per item including vat then tick this box. This will open up the “Selling Including VAT” field so that you can enter the inclusive selling price.
Selling Exc. VATIf you prefer to enter the exclusive selling price then you should not tick the “Selling Including VAT” box and just enter the exclusive amount.

Once you have entered either the inclusive or exclusive amounts per item then the system will work out the rest of the amounts for you.

Line DiscountIf you want to give a discount on the specific line then a percentage can be entered here. If you choose not to give a discount, then just leave this field blank.
VatThis is where you select the Vat type for this transaction.
Mark UpThis will default to your system mark-up that was selected when the company was first configured however it can be changed for each transaction.
Unit Of Measure Select the unit of measure for the specific item from this drop down.
Lead TimeThis is the time the supplier takes to deliver ordered items from the order date to the date that the items are physically delivered to the client.
Order DateThis is the date on which the order for the items should be placed from the supplier.
Reminder DateThis date is a final reminder to order items. Own discretion should be used when adding this date. This date should be about a week after your order date.
Required DateThis is the date on which the specific item is needed. This means that the item should be ordered, delivered and ready to be used on the intended job.
Payment MethodThis is the account terms that you have with the supplier of the specific item. These include COD, 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 120 days, 150 days or 180 days.
SupplierThis will default on the default supplier of the specific item, but other suppliers can be chosen or added.
Internal NoteThis is any note about the item or supplier that you want to add. This will not appear on any printed documents.

After all the info has been entered click either the Save & Close button or the Save & New button. Save & New is to add another line item and Save & Close if you only want the one-line item.

After clicking on the Save & Close button you will be back on the New Quote screen. Notice that your line items also appear on the screen with the amounts at the bottom. 

Once you are happy with all the details you can click Save and then Close. Now you will be back on the main quote screen

Click on Search and your quote should appear on this screen.

If you are happy with the quote, it can be approved.

Click the approve tab at the top of the screen.

  

Here you will see 5 different approval buttons.

Internal ApprovalThis is when all involved parties that work for the company are happy with the quote then it can be approved internally.
Customer ApprovalAfter the quote has been approved internally it can be sent for customer approval.
Approve To InvoiceIf the client is happy with the quote it can be approved to invoice.
Approve To Sales OrderIf you want to approve the quote to a Sales Order.
Approve to Jobif you want to approve the quote to a Job

You will notice that all four options mentioned above are sub menus under activity on the left.

Depending on the approval stage this is where the quote will appear. So for example if you approved a quote internally it will move out of New Quote Search and into Internal Quote Approval.

Any of the approval stages can be skipped. This means that if you would like to create a quote and immediately approve it to an Invoice or Sales Order instead of Internal Quote Approval or Customer Quote Approval then you can do this.

Once the quote has been approved to Sales Order or Invoice then it can be treated as a normal Sales Order or Invoice from there on out


Button Functions Explained

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Debtors / Customer Module> Activity> Quotes

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