--- title: Purchasing | Knowledge Base description: Purchasing --- [Skip to content](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/purchasing#main-content) [Go to Customer Portal](https://hub.acctivate.com/tickets) ![Acctivate - A CAI Solution](https://hub.acctivate.com/hubfs/Images/Logos/acctivate-cai-logo-svg.svg) - [Knowledge Base](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Knowledge Base](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles) - [Go to Customer Portal](https://hub.acctivate.com/tickets) - [Support Resources / Create Ticket](https://acctivate.com/support) [Support Resources / Create Ticket](https://acctivate.com/support) Hello. How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Knowledge Base](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles) 2. [Purchasing](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/purchasing) # Purchasing ## Purchase Orders - [Acctivate's Purchasing Process](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/video-purchasing-process) - [Overview of Acctivate Purchase Orders](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/overview-of-acctivates-purchase-order-functionality) - [Creating Vendor POs](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/how-do-i-create-a-vendor-purchase-order) - [How to use the Drop Ship Purchasing Wizard.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/drop-ship-purchasing-wizard) - [What is the Special Order Purchasing Wizard?](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/special-order-purchasing-wizard) - [Purchasing catch-weight products.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/purchasing-catch-weight-products) - [Explaining the GL Expense account box on Purchase Orders.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/gl-expense-account-on-po) - [Setting Default Prices for a Vendor Purchase Order.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/how-do-i-set-default-prices-for-a-vendor-purchase-order) - [Prepaying a vendor purchase order.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/prepay-vendor-purchase-order) - [Using advanced Purchase order statuses](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/create-a-request-for-quote-from-po) - [How receipt price is determined in Acctivte.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/pulling-the-price-on-the-receipt) - [How to Access and Use the Purchase Order Window.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/purchase-order-window) - [How to change a PO's number.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/change-a-po-number) - [Disabling purchase order statuses.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/disable-a-po-status) - [Printing Purchase Orders Individually or in a Batch.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/print-purchase-order-individually-or-in-a-batch) - [What are the different stages of a purchase order?](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/stages-of-a-purchase-order) - [Adding additional costs to a purchased product.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/add-additional-costs-to-a-purchased-product) - [What is the Accrued Purchase Receipts Account?](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/learn/inventory/what-is-the-accrued-purchase-receipts-account) - [How drop shipping affects Accrued Purchase Receipts and Warehouse value](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/do-drop-ship-purchase-orders-run-through-accrued-purchase-receipts) - [What is the ''Receive POs in Full'' option?](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/receive-pos-in-full) - [Performing Vendor returns](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/return-products-to-my-vendor) - [Performing APR reconciliation.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/accrued-purchase-receipts-reconciliation) - [Changing the Vendor Contact on a Purchase Order.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/how-do-i-change-the-vendor-contact-on-a-purchase-order) - [Handling non-inventoried items on POs.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/handling-non-inventoried-items-on-pos) - [Using PO manager to batch receive Purchase Orders](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/using-po-manager-to-batch-receive-purchase-orders) - [Filtering the Product Lookup window by Vendor.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/filter-products-by-supplier) See less ▼ ## Purchase Order Manager - [Introduction to Acctivate's Purchase Order Manager](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/introduction-to-acctivates-purchase-order-manager) - [Using PO Manager to track Received and Invoiced POs](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/using-po-manager-to-track-received-and-invoiced-pos) - [Using PO Manager to perform bulk actions to PO's and RFQ's](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/using-po-manager-to-perform-bulk-actions-to-pos-and-rfqs) ## Purchase Invoices - [Invoicing a Purchase Order.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/invoice-a-purchase-order) - [Voiding Purchase Invoices](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/void-a-purchase-invoice) - [Viewing Vendor bills in Acctivate and QuickBooks](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/view-vendor-bill-in-quickbooks) - [Applying a Vendor Discount to a PO via a PO invoice discount.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/learn/purchasing/apply-a-vendor-discount-to-a-purchase-order-simple) - [Viewing pending purchase invoices in one window.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/view-all-pending-purchase-invoices-in-one-window) - [Applying a Vendor Discount to a Purchase Order via terms.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/learn/purchasing/apply-a-vendor-discount-to-a-purchase-order-advanced) - [How to add additional expenses on purchase orders](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/learn/purchasing/other-amounts-on-purchase-orders) - [Configuring a default accounts payable GL account.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/default-accounts-payable-gl-account) See less ▼ ## Vendors - [Adding and updating Vendor information in Acctivate.](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/add-vendors-to-acctivate) - [Getting Started](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/getting-started#main-content) - [Basics](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/getting-started#basics) - [User Interface](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/getting-started#user-interface) - [Manager windows](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/getting-started#manager-windows) - 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