Live · Purchasing
Receive on the visit, invoice later
Pallets arrive before paperwork
Supplier Visit M1: put stock away before the invoice (no WAC yet), then import and confirm invoices. Staff UI at /visits with optimistic visit versioning.
Live — from Essentials
Why it matters for your bookstore
- Receive-before-invoice
- Confirm costs in a second step
- Staff /visits UI
- Tied to orders and inventory
- Live from Essentials
From visit to stock
01
Open the visit
Create the supplier visit in /visits.
02
Receive copies
Stock in without WAC.
03
Import invoices
Documents on the same visit.
04
Confirm costs
Close the commercial side.
05
Keep selling
Stock is already available on the floor.
Inventory
Receive before invoice
Shelf the titles while documents catch up.
No WAC until invoice confirm.
Cost
Confirm invoices
Import and confirm one or more invoices on the visit.
Warehouse / cost split.
Ops
Staff /visits
Dedicated flow with optimistic versioning.
Built for cash & carry.
What is live today
Supplier visit
Cash & carry operational aggregate.
Pre-invoice receive
Stock without initial WAC.
Invoice confirm
One or more documents per visit.
/visits UI
Dedicated staff flow.
Optimistic versioning
Controlled concurrency.
Inventory link
Same stock as the rest of Booklane.
Orders link
Fits the purchasing flow.
Deferred polish
Some refinements remain as TD.
How it connects
Visits sit on inventory and orders; they complete purchasing alongside document import and classic receives.
Scenario
The rep drops the boxes: you load the visit, open the shelf, and only later attach invoices to costs — without freezing the floor.
Frequently asked questions
- Is it live?
- Yes: Supplier Visit M1 is released to production.
- Does it replace orders?
- No: it is the cash & carry receive-before-invoice path beside orders.
- When does WAC apply?
- On invoice confirm, not on receive alone.
- Which plan?
- From Essentials.
Put Booklane to work in your bookstore
Start a free trial and set up catalog and counter. Coming-soon modules stay labelled as such — no claims beyond the real product.