Placing orders
Raise an order by describing what you need. ILC MCP checks the data, proposes the exact order, and places it only after you approve.
Order types
Section titled “Order types”ILC MCP can create four kinds of order. Each can be created as a draft or issued (submitted), depending on your rights.
| Order | What it does | Draft / issued |
|---|---|---|
| Sales order | Sell goods to a customer. | Estimate or Issued |
| Purchase order | Buy goods from a vendor. | Bid Request or Issued |
| Transfer order | Move goods between your locations. | Entered or Issued |
| Manufacture order | Build a product from a bill of materials (a work order). | Issued |
Say what you want in plain language — the item, the quantity, and who or where it is for. You do not need import types or IDs.
Purchase order
Create a PO to Acme Supply for 5 of part FG2200.
Sales order
Start a sales order for 10 cases of FG2200 for customer Westfield Market.
Transfer order
Move 20 of FG2200 from the Main warehouse to the Downtown store.
Manufacture order
Build 3 of BOM 50001.
ILC MCP fills in the rest from your Fishbowl — the vendor or customer record, locations, prices, and dates — and proposes the order.
Review and approve
Section titled “Review and approve”ILC MCP shows the exact order — the party or locations, each line, quantities, and costs — and hands you an approval link. Open it, sign in, and approve. The order is created as you, and the new order number comes back in the chat.
Draft or issued
Section titled “Draft or issued”By default an order is created as a draft — an Estimate (sales), Bid Request (purchase), or Entered (transfer) — so someone can review it in Fishbowl before it goes out. Ask to issue it and ILC MCP submits it instead, if your rights allow. A manufacture order is always built as Issued.
Creating an order and issuing it can be separate rights. If your account can create but not issue, ILC MCP raises the order and leaves it for someone with the issue right. See Connections in the Administrator guide.