Sales Orders

A sales order is a transaction that records a commitment to sell items or services to a customer. Sales orders have no accounting impact until items are shipped or services are completed.
Recording sales orders helps you track the following:
- what your customer has ordered
- what must be pulled from inventory
- what you have already shipped
- what still remains to be shipped

Once items on sales orders are shipped, the sales orders can be turned into invoices or cash sales to bill the customer. When sales orders are converted into bills, they automatically show the items, quantities, and prices from the order without having to re-enter the information.