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Deleting an outsourced purchase order (OPO)

To remove an OPO from the Buy screen and eliminate the connected quantities, you can delete it

Michael De Giovanni avatar
Written by Michael De Giovanni
Updated over 6 months ago

Deleting an open Outsourced purchase order (OPO) removes it from the Buy screen and eliminates the connected Expected quantities for purchase items and Committed quantities for ingredients in the Inventory tab.

Only Owners and Users with 'Delete purchase orders' permission can delete OPOs. Read more about the permission.

To delete an outsourced purchase order

  1. Navigate to the Buy screen > Outsourcing tab and find an OPO in the list. Click it to open the OPO card.

    Outsourcing tab of the buy screen

  2. Click on the 3-dots in the top corner of the OPO card and select "Delete" from the drop-down menu.

    The delete option on a outsourced purchase order card

  3. Click "Yes" in the pop-up window to delete.

NOTE: Deleting Received outsourced purchase orders decreases the In stock quantity for the relevant purchase items and increases it for the processed ingredients in the inventory list.

You can also bulk delete Outsourced purchase orders directly from Outsourcing tab by selecting outsourced purchase orders and clicking on the Delete icon.

Bulk deleting outsourced purchase orders from the buy screen

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