@lubos Delivery status on Sales Orders and Purchase Orders tab shows Delivered whenever Qty reserved/Qty on order is zero. So when an order is invoiced and not delivered yet, it shows delivered status for that order.
It should get the status from the actual tracking of each item like in the SS above rather than from the qty reserved figure.
Also there is terminology issue on Purchase order tab. Not that much of an issue still it could be improved
The mechanics are correct. Sales order is “closed” whether qty ordered is either invoiced or delivered. One of those two. Obviously calling it Delivery Status is wrong. It should be called something else.
This is how it worked previously but I realized it was wrong. The purpose of orders is to track quantities reserved so we can calculate Qty available for inventory item.
From accounting point of view, it’s not required for sales orders to be linked to Delivery Notes. Linking orders to sales invoices is enough.
Sales orders do not really create obligation to actually deliver inventory item from accounting point of view. Sales invoices do create this obligation because item is sold but you still have it physically on hand (until shipped). Or delivery note create obligation to invoice customer because you have physically removed the item from inventory but you still own it (until invoice is issued).
My point is, Sales Orders are really just to track what your customers want but you can abandon the order at any point and in any state without consequences.
I think to solve this, we really just need singular Status column. And the order is “completed” when it’s either Invoiced or Delivered. One of those two.
