Which module will generate purchase order automatically when sales order is created?
I don’t carry inventory. When I receive a sales order, I need Dolibarr send out a purchase order automatically. How do I do that?
Please help. Thank you so very much.
Hello
Hope this helps https://www.dolistore.com/en/crm/380-Supplier-orders-from-customer-order.html
Hi! any updated suggestion about this mater? thanks!
@roberthpchao, A good way to handle this in Dolibarr is to automate the Sales Order → Purchase Order workflow rather than manually creating the PO each time.
If you don’t carry inventory and your process is essentially “customer places an order → I purchase the items from my supplier”, Dolibarr can support this workflow, but the exact setup depends on your Dolibarr version and how your products/suppliers are configured.
A typical approach is:
Customer Sales Order → Supplier/Product matching → Purchase Order → Supplier
You can use Dolibarr’s Commercial/Orders and Procurement modules, and for fully automatic PO creation, you may need a module, trigger, or small custom development depending on your requirements.
For example, when a Sales Order is validated, an automation can:
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Identify the products on the Sales Order.
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Find the preferred supplier for each product.
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Determine the required quantities.
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Create a draft Purchase Order for the supplier.
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Send it for review or automatically validate/send it, depending on your approval process.
I would not recommend automatically sending the PO to the supplier without a review step at first. A safer workflow is:
Sales Order → Automatically create Draft PO → Human reviews → Validate/Send PO
If you’re processing a high volume of orders, this is also a good candidate for API/trigger-based automation.
If you share your Dolibarr version and whether you have one supplier per product or multiple suppliers, I can show you the exact configuration/workflow to achieve this.
