Purchasing & vendor RFQs

Where material needs come from

Accepting a customer PO splits the job's material needs into Work → Purchasing automatically; you can also add one-off or stock orders by hand.

Getting vendor pricing

1. On the Approved tab, check needs from any mix of jobs and hit "Request vendor quotes" — the email draft lists every line with its job number.
2. Send from your configured mailbox; replies are read back in and parsed into comparable quotes.
3. Award the winner to create the purchase order.

Receiving

Mark orders received as material arrives — receiving writes material consumption against the job, which feeds job costing and T&M billing.