How do I create a Purchase Order by individual SKU entry?

This article is a continuation of the create a purchase order or create a 3PL purchase order guide from the SKU tab section.

If you’d like to track SKUs on a Purchase Order based on the order they were entered—rather than grouped by style or substyle—this guide will walk you through how to use the SKU-level entry view. This format is useful when you need to:

• Maintain visibility into when and why specific batches were added

• Track partial shipments or expected delivery windows per line

• Apply different costs, notes, or ETA per SKU instance

• Preserve internal decision-making context over time

SKUs shows you the SKUs in the P/O in the order in which they were entered. For example, let's say, under Lines, that you entered a line for a SKU in a particular Substyle. Next, you entered an unrelated SKU. 

At a later date, you enter a new SKU in the same Substyle as the first.

When you're done entering that line, it will automatically nestle under the umbrella of that Substyle. Clicking the arrow next to the Substyle will expand the rows as seen below.

However, let's say that you need to view your items in the order that they were entered, not organized hierarchically. Go to the SKUs tab for that view.

This even works if you decide to add another line to the P/O of the same SKU as one of the lines already entered.

This view keeps each SKU entry as its own line on the PO, even if the same SKU is added multiple times.