We’ve added a number of new features for purchase orders in ThunderPOS version 25.6.1.
First, and most importantly, all of these changes are optional. You must alter the settings if you want to change from how the product currently operates in version 25.5.2. To do this, in the more button in the purchase orders section, you’ll select options.
Use Vendor Cost is a previously existing setting that controls the default cost of items as they are added. All other settings on this screen are new with this version.
Most of these add additional information to the purchase ordered items grid: The current stock level, projected stock level if this order fully is filled, the last dates sold and received, and the price. These are all disabled by default.
Also here is an option for prompting for the quantity of the item. This option is enabled by default, which matches the previous behavior of the system: when you scan an item, it will ask you to confirm the quantity you want to order.
If you turn this off, then the reorder quantity of that item will automatically be used instead. You can of course still edit this on the grid directly by clicking the ordered column and typing in the new number, but you will not be required to confirm the initial quantity before ordering.
These features were added by the requests of customers; while we don’t promise that we can fulfill any individual requests, we do take customer feedback strongly under advisement when considering how to spend development time.