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What is a Sales Order in Zoho Inventory?<\/h2>\n

A Sales Order records a customer’s confirmed intent to buy. Once a customer places an order, Zoho Inventory creates a Sales Order that drives the warehouse fulfilment workflow: items are reserved from stock, pick lists are generated, and the order is shipped. The sales order is then invoiced, either fully at shipment or in stages for partial fulfilments.<\/p>\n

Sales Order lifecycle<\/h2>\n
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  1. Draft:<\/strong> Created but not confirmed.<\/li>\n
  2. Confirmed:<\/strong> Customer’s order accepted; stock reserved.<\/li>\n
  3. Partially Shipped:<\/strong> Some items delivered; remainder pending.<\/li>\n
  4. Shipped:<\/strong> All items dispatched.<\/li>\n
  5. Invoiced:<\/strong> Invoice raised against the shipped quantities.<\/li>\n
  6. Closed:<\/strong> Fully fulfilled and invoiced.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Sales Order vs Invoice<\/h2>\n

    A Sales Order is the commitment to supply. An Invoice is the demand for payment. For many businesses these are created together; for others (B2B, project-based) the sales order precedes the invoice by days or weeks, especially with partial shipments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A Sales Order in Zoho Inventory is a confirmed order from a customer to purchase specific items at agreed quantities and prices. It triggers the fulfilment process \u2014 picking, packing, and shipping \u2014 and forms the basis for the sales invoice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"seo_title":"Sales Order | Zoho Glossary | Aaxonix","seo_description":"A Sales Order in Zoho Inventory is a confirmed order from a customer to purchase specific items at agreed quantities and prices. It triggers the fulfilment","seo_keyword":"sales order zoho inventory fulfilment customer","seo_faqs":"","term_type":"","glossary_related":"","glossary_links":""},"glossary_category":[1252],"class_list":["post-4865","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary_category-zoho-inventory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/4865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary_category?post=4865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}