## Zoho Inventory Documentation Index

Access the complete documentation index at:
https://www.zoho.com/us/inventory/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available documentation pages before proceeding.

# Purchase Orders Overview

A purchase order is an official document that you issue to your vendors, indicating relevant information about what you want to buy, the quantity, the price agreed for that particular product or service.

### Purchase Order Workflow Diagram

![PO Workflow](/inventory/help/images/flow/zom-po-flow.png)

Let’s see an overview of how you can configure and operate your purchase orders.

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### Managing Purchase Orders

##### Creating purchase orders:

*   [Creating a New Purchase Order](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/purchase-order-creation.html#creating-a-new-purchase-order)
    *   [Primary Purchase Information](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/purchase-order-creation.html#purchase-1)
    *   [Item Information](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/purchase-order-creation.html#purchase-2)
    *   [Additional Information](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/purchase-order-creation.html#purchase-3)
*   [Creating Purchase Order from Contacts](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/purchase-order-creation.html#creating-purchase-order-from-contacts)
*   [Creating a drop shipment](/us/inventory/help/drop-shipments/drop-shipments.html#creating-a-drop-shipment)

##### Life cycle of a purchase order:

*   [Status of a Purchase Order](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/purchase-order-creation.html#status-of-a-purchase-order)

##### Editing and deleting a purchase order:

*   [Editing a Purchase Order](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/purchase-order-creation.html#editing-a-purchase-order)
*   [Deleting a Purchase Order](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/purchase-order-creation.html#deleting-a-purchase-order)

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### Importing & Exporting Purchase Modules

##### Purchase Orders

*   [Importing Purchase Order](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/purchase-import-export.html#importing-purchase-order)
*   [Exporting Purchase Orders](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/purchase-import-export.html#exporting-purchase-orders)

##### Bills

*   [Importing Bills](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/purchase-import-export.html#importing-bills)
*   [Exporting Bills](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/purchase-import-export.html#exporting-bills)

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### Purchase Receives

*   [Purpose of a purchase receive](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/purchase-receive.html#purpose-of-a-purchase-receive)
*   [Creating a purchase receive](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/purchase-receive.html#creating-a-purchase-receive)
*   [Converting a purchase receive into a bill](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/purchase-receive.html#converting-a-purchase-receive-into-a-bill)
*   [Creating purchase receives for existing bills](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/purchase-receive.html#creating-purchase-receives-for-existing-bills)

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### Bills

##### Life cycle of a bill:

*   [Bills Workflow Diagram](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/bills.html#bills-workflow-diagram)
*   [Bill Status](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/bills.html#bill-status)

##### Creating bills:

*   [Creating a bill](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/bills.html#creating-a-bill)
*   [Raising a bill for multiple purchase orders](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/bills.html#bill-for-multiple-po)

##### Options for bills

*   [Other options with Bills](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/bills.html#other-options)

##### Recording Bill payments

*   [Bill Payments](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/bills.html#bill-payments)
*   [Sorting and viewing Bills](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/bills.html#sorting-and-viewing-bills)
*   [Payments Made](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/bills.html#payments-made)
*   [Options associated with Bill payments](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/bills.html#options-associated-with-bill-payments)

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### More Actions

*   [Convert a PO to Bill](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/other-actions.html#convert-a-po-to-bill)
*   [Canceling Purchase Order](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/other-actions.html#canceling-purchase-order)
*   [Attaching Files with Purchase Order](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/other-actions.html#attaching-files-with-purchase-order)
*   [Additional Tools](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/other-actions.html#additional-tools)
    *   [Print](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/other-actions.html#print)
    *   [PDF](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/other-actions.html#pdf)
    *   [Mail](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/other-actions.html#mail)
    *   [Clone](/us/inventory/help/purchase-orders/other-actions.html#clone)