Purchasing, inventory & pricing

Applies to version 26.99.5

Record what you buy, track it in stock, and bill it on to clients — with your real supplier cost and the client price kept cleanly apart.

Net vs sale, at a glance

Net — what you pay
  • Your purchase cost from the supplier.
  • Internal — hidden from clients without the right permission.
  • Used for profit and cost reporting.
Sale — what the client pays
  • The price you bill the client.
  • The only price the client ever sees, labelled simply "Price".
  • Set per material, or overridden per purchase line.

What the module covers

Materials catalog

Define items with default net and sale prices, units and categories.

Purchases

Record what you bought from which supplier, attached to a project.

Inventory

Track stock across locations with a movement ledger.

Suppliers

A directory of who you buy from.

Permissions worth knowing

  • Net price view is a separate right — staff without it never see your supplier costs.
  • Client price edit controls who can change the sale price.
  • Inventory has its own view / edit rights.
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Frequently asked questions

Net is your purchase cost from the supplier; sale is what you bill the client. The client only ever sees the sale price, labelled "Price".

Yes. Seeing net prices is a separate permission — without it, staff see only sale prices.

No. You can record purchases purely for billing and cost, and use inventory only for the materials you actually warehouse.