Material Request

A Material Request is an internal ask for items, and its Purpose says what should happen next: Purchase (buy it, becomes a Purchase Order or Request for Quotation), Material Transfer (move it between warehouses, becomes a Stock Entry), Material Issue (consume it), Manufacture (make it, becomes a Work Order) or Customer Provided. It can be raised by hand, from a Sales Order, or automatically when stock drops below the Item's reorder level. Nothing posts to the ledger; the request only records demand and raises the indented quantity in the Bin, which feeds the projected quantity. Submitted requests lock and track how much of each line has been ordered or transferred.

Pending qty on a request = requested qty - qty ordered, transferred or issued against it

1. 01Go to Stock > Material Request > New.
2. 02Pick the Purpose, such as Purchase, and the Required By date.
3. 03Add items, quantities and the warehouse that needs them.
4. 04Submit. Indented qty rises in the Bin and the request locks.
5. 05Click Create > Purchase Order or Stock Entry to act on it.
6. 06Open Items To Be Requested to see what still needs a request.

Create under Stock > Material Request, then convert it to a Purchase Order or Stock Entry. Submitted requests lock.

Request 10 chairs for the new office, converted to a Purchase Order.