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Purchase Orders - use vendor product codes for ordering

foliopress — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 10:22:45 GMT

It would be great if bulk importing a PO would allow for the Vendor Code to be used as an Identifier. Those never change unless the vendor changes them which would mean it is a new product. We use SKUs but they are not always the same as the vendor code, sometimes the UPC/barcode, and when importing I get the error some items not found. Frustrating at best. I am working towards being efficient and this makes the work even longer.

If there is an error, it would be nice if Square tells me which rows of the csv are a problem and I could go directly to them to make the fix. If the PO is 50-100 items this is a major pain, needle in haystack sort of thing. Finale, a software I previewed for inventory management has this feature built in, and made finding the issue a breeze.

Look forward to seeing the Vendor Code being put in as an Item Identifier.

Frank

Re: Purchase Orders - use vendor product codes for ordering

dmac_trilith — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 14:18:55 GMT

Square does not currently support barcodes, scanners, UPCs, SKUs or GTINs when receiving or searching for items in a Purchase Order.

You will have to create your own way of managing inventory outside of Square, as it pertains to Purchase Orders. (like using 3rd party software that properly performs/supports the operations and updates your Square database for you)

Good luck!

Re: Purchase Orders - use vendor product codes for ordering

hamiltonarchery — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 14:25:11 GMT

Soooooo, what are we paying for? I thought we were paying for an inventory management module???