---
title: "Supplier Orders Within Customer Orders | Marlin Orders"
slug: "supplier-orders-within-customer-orders"
description: "Learn about Supplier Orders within Customer Orders in Marlin Tyre and Mechanical Workshop Software by Megabus"
updated: 2023-09-12T01:25:36Z
published: 2023-09-12T01:25:36Z
canonical: "help.megabus.com.au/supplier-orders-within-customer-orders"
---
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# Supplier Orders Within Customer Orders
{{variable.Marlin bold}} enables supplier orders for necessary items to be quickly created from within customer orders.
If there is not enough of an item available to fulfil a **Confirmed** customer order, its Quantity will be displayed in red on its Order Details list.
A supplier order for the unavailable items can then be quickly created and received through the **Supplier Orders** tab from within the customer order window.
:::(Info) (Note)
To create supplier orders within customer orders, users require the **Customer Orders - Create Supplier Orders via Customer Order** permission.
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## Adding Supplier Orders within Customer Orders
#### Daily Activity > Customer Orders > [Customer Order] > Order Details
If there are insufficient items when confirming a customer order, the **Insufficient Stock** pop-up window will open, prompting the user to create a supplier order.
The **Supplier** and **Qty to Order** columns can be edited if necessary.
To update the price of the item to match the customer's sell price slot once the order is submitted, tick the **Update Sell Price** checkbox.
To create the supplier order and return to the Order Details list, click on the **Ok** button at the bottom of the Insufficient Stock window.
Supplier orders created within a customer order can be viewed by clicking on the **Supplier Orders** tab at the top of the customer order window.
If necessary, the Proposed Supplier Orders list can be refreshed by clicking on the **Recalculate** button to the top right.
:::(Info) (Note)
If an item with insufficient stock is added to an order that has already been confirmed, then the Insufficient Stock pop-up window will not open, but supplier orders can still be manually edited and submitted using the **Supplier Order** tab.
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> how do you add an item to the list though? Need to change the explanation of confirmed at top?
### Submitting Supplier Orders Within Customer Orders
#### Daily Activity > Customer Orders > [Customer Order] > Supplier Orders
Proposed supplier orders can be viewed and edited by clicking on the **Supplier Orders** tab of a Customer Order window.
To submit the supplier order, click on the **Submit** action button to the top right of the Proposed Supplier Orders list.
The **Submit Purchase Order** pop-up window will open, showing a list of proposed item orders.
Items can be removed from the submission (but remain in the Proposed Supplier Orders list) by unticking the relevant **Submit** checkboxes.
## Receiving Supplier Orders within Customer Orders
#### Daily Activity > Customer Orders > [Customer Order] > Supplier Orders
The **Submitted Supplier Orders** list at the bottom section of the Supplier Order tab shows the items on submitted supplier orders that have been created within the customer order.
If the **CustomerOrder.AllowReceivingSupplierOrders** setting is enabled, the supplier order can also be received from within the customer order by clicking on the **Receive** action button to the top right of the Submitted Supplier Orders list.
Items will still need to be invoiced, using the **Supplier Orders** module, which can also be used to receive the order if the CustomerOrder.AllowReceivingSupplierOrders setting is not enabled.
:::(Info) (Note)
Depending on the Marlin configuration, either a **Supplier Orders** or **Supplier Inbox** button will appear to the top right of the Submitted Supplier Orders list, which can be clicked to open the Supplier Orders module in a pop-up window.
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:::(Warning) (Tip)
The CustomerOrder.AllowReceivingSupplierOrders [setting](/v1/docs/enterprise-settings) can be disabled to encourage staff to finalise supplier orders via [electronic invoices](/v1/docs/supplier-inbox).
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Supplier orders created within customer orders will also have a Customer Orders tab showing the customer order associated with the order.
