Purchasing and inventory

Know what the job needs, what was ordered and what it cost.

Ledgez connects sales orders to vendors, purchase orders, receiving, inventory and material costs so purchasing supports the job instead of becoming a separate trail of emails and spreadsheets.

Designed for businesses managing fabrics, linings, trims, hardware and other custom-order components.

Fabric, trim and drapery hardware being measured in a window treatment workroom
PO
Purchase ordersVendor requirements documented
RC
ReceivingTrack what arrived
INV
InventoryStock and material visibility
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True costPurchasing reaches accounting

Purchasing connected to demand

The order helps explain why the material is being purchased.

A vendor transaction has more value when it remains connected to the customer work, product requirements and financial result that created it.

01

Identify requirements

Use approved product details and material calculations to understand what must be sourced for the job.

02

Order and receive

Create vendor purchase orders, record receiving and preserve the relationship between materials, suppliers and business transactions.

03

Carry cost forward

Vendor bills, payments, inventory values and material costs become part of the accounting record and profitability picture.

Visibility for custom-order businesses

Manage more than generic stock quantities.

Window treatment companies may handle stocked components, job-specific purchases, customer-owned fabric and materials that move between the office, receiving area and workroom.

  • Vendors and supplier terms
  • Purchase orders and receiving records
  • Stock items, categories and material costs
  • Customer-owned material references
  • Fabric, lining, trim and hardware requirements
  • Vendor payments and accounts payable
Window treatment operations manager reviewing documents, fabric samples and costs

From sales demand to financial cost

Purchasing remains part of the job lifecycle.

01OrderCustomer requirements
02PlanMaterial demand
03PurchaseVendor PO
04ReceiveGoods and quantities
05UseInventory or job material
06AccountBill, payment and cost
Ledgez purchasing and workroom dashboard showing purchase orders, receiving and material tracking

A financial advantage

Purchasing data should improve profitability reporting.

When vendor transactions and inventory live in the same system as sales and accounting, the company has a stronger foundation for understanding material cost and margin.

  • Purchase activity feeds accounts payable
  • Vendor payments remain connected to the ledger
  • Inventory values support the financial record
  • Material cost can be compared with customer revenue
  • Drill-down reporting provides transaction detail

Questions about purchasing and inventory

What should be reviewed during implementation.

Can Ledgez manage both stocked and job-specific items?

Yes. The configuration can represent stocked products and materials purchased for particular customer work. The exact structure is determined during implementation.

Can it track customer-owned fabric?

Ledgez can keep customer-owned material references connected to the relevant customer and job so the office and workroom have shared visibility.

Do purchase orders connect to vendor accounting?

Yes. Purchasing, receiving, vendor bills, payments and accounts payable are part of the same platform.

Can we import existing inventory and vendor records?

Data migration can be included in the implementation plan. Scope depends on the format, quality and amount of existing data.

See purchasing in context

Walk through a representative customer order and its materials.

The demonstration can follow the demand from the ordered product through purchasing, receiving, vendor accounting and cost.

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