Dispatch & Delivery
Where: Production → Dispatch.
The last mile: create a delivery note from a finished job, walk it Packed → Dispatched → Delivered, print/email the note, and raise the invoice.
📷 Screenshot spot — capture this screen and save it as static/img/screenshots/production-dispatch.png, then replace this whole box with the single line:
Create a dispatch
- Click New Dispatch from Job.
- Pick the job — only jobs that are Ready for Dispatch, QC Passed or Completed appear, and the job must have a linked sales order (that's where the customer comes from).
- Enter the Serial Number (panel serial) and Transport Details (vehicle / LR number / courier).
- Click Create Dispatch — a delivery note
DN-2026-0001is created at status Packed.
Move it forward
| Button | What actually happens |
|---|---|
| Mark Dispatched | The big one: finished goods leave stock, the dispatch time is stamped, the linked sales order becomes Shipped, and the job is completed. |
| Mark Delivered | Stamps the delivery time and updates the sales order. |
| Create Invoice | Available once Dispatched/Delivered — generates the customer invoice from this delivery ("delivery-based billing"). A link takes you to Invoices. |
Print or email the delivery note from each row using your templates.
Tips & gotchas
- A manual job with no sales order can never be dispatched. Create jobs "From Sales Order" when they're for a customer.
- Don't complete jobs by hand before dispatching — Mark Dispatched completes the job for you, and doing both muddles the paperwork trail.
- Stock-out happens once, on first dispatch — marking Delivered later never double-deducts.