How do I create Auto Purchase order from inventory stock status?

Hello there, @armylife94.

I'd be glad to help create purchase orders on your inventory automatically. We haven't received reported issues about creating purchase orders. To single out the cause of this unexpected behavior, you may need to repair QuickBooks. This helps fix program-related issues or errors.

For the detailed steps, you may check this article: Repair QuickBooks Desktop.

If the same thing happens, you may need to do the clean installation.

Stay in touch if you have any other concerns by adding a comment below. Have a good day!

We are having a similiar issue as another user. We have always used Auto PO and it orders up to our max inventory for that part not taking into account what we have on sales orders (because they are not considered open inventory), it is now only ordering to the minimum not the maximum. This has just changed very recently and must be a QBs issue. We have also recently had a problem with with part #s not transferring from a sales order to an invoice. The dollars are there and so is the description but not the part number (they just disappear). Both are very recent issues and do not seem to be related to a rebuild issue. Is anyone else having these issues and is there a fix?

Welcome to the Community, @JillVB. I appreciate you for sharing your concerns in this thread. 

This issue can happen when the value entered in the Reorder Point field of an item is zero. This means you'll need to restock a minimum quantity on one item at any given time.

To fix this, let's remove the value and just leave it blank by following these steps:

1. Go to the List menu, then select Item List.
2. Double-click on the inventory item to open the details.
3. Remove the zero value from the Reorder Point (Min) field in the Inventory Information section, then click OK.

Then, run the Inventory Stock Status by Item report to see the Reorder Qty column that have the zero value.

For future reference, read through this article: Use the purchase order management worksheet. It helps you in identifying what purchase order is being received, and keeps track of your purchase orders by site, status, or vendor.

To add more details related to this topic, feel free to click on the Reply button below. While you can also start a new discussion here in the Community for your other concerns. 

Looking forward to answer you on your next posts, @JillVB. Have a great day.