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How to partially receive an outsourced purchase order (OPO)
How to partially receive an outsourced purchase order (OPO)

Manage inventory accurately by partially receiving items from an OPO

Dayvid Lorbiecke avatar
Written by Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over a month ago

Partially receive outsourced purchase orders (OPOs) to update inventory as items arrive in multiple shipments. This process helps maintain accurate stock levels and is an effective way to handle staggered deliveries and ensure inventory accuracy. This will add the received items to your stock but will keep the other items in the expected status.

You can receive an OPO in as many parts as necessary.

To partially receive an OPO

  1. Click on the Delivery status of an OPO either from the Buy screen or on the OPO card.

  2. Select Receive some...
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    Receive some option for a purchase order

  3. In the pop-up, select the items you're receiving. By default, the received quantity for a product is the total quantity expected, but you can change this as needed.

  4. Enter a received date if it's different from what's showing and click Receive.

    Received date for a purchase order

    The OPO will display Received and Not Received items in separate sections and the Delivery status will change to Partially received.

    Partially received purchase order

  5. To receive all items, mark the Delivery status of the OPO to Receive all or receive more items by clicking on the status Partially received and selecting Receive some....

  6. When all the items have been received, the OPO will move to the Done table of the Outsourcing tab.


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