Surely all that needs to be done is a Purchase order form to be created  showing the SKU. This is totally unacceptable.

This is a great feature. However, is there a way that the SKU can show up on the PO for ordering from vendors, and NOT on the customer's invoices? 

Hi Panels Up Solar,

Adding a column for SKU on purchase transactions is not a feature right now. I understand that having such an option is useful for your business, so I encourage you to submit your feedback. That way, our product engineers can consider making enhancements in future updates.

1. Click on the Gear icon.
2. Choose Feedback.

On the other hand, you can also check for more references about QBO by going to the main support page and clicking More Topics.

Let me know if you have other questions about using SKU. I'm just around to help.

Hundreds (maybe thousands) of people have submitted this request, and it's gone unchanged. 

What is the purpose of the SKU?  Why would you need a reference number you don't want to share with your supplier?

This is the identifying number for a product when you are ordering goods from a vendor - it is extremely important. 

I personally have been requesting this feature since 2016 - nothing as been done.  How is it possible that this column is on a invoice (there is really is not necessary), but cannot be added to a PO where is is essential in the ordering process.  

I agree with you that it is important, but the SKU number does not print on Purchase Orders!  Are you able to show SKU numbers on Purchase orders?

thanks,

Asking thousands of users to add the sku to the description of an item is ridiculous - I personally have thousands of skus that I would have to do this for, which would take hundreds of manhours to do,  only to delete this out of the description when and if QB ever decides to fix the issue.  Adding the SKU number to the description also affects the sorting of item in a manner that I don't wish to use.   QB I have been asking for this fix since 2016 and it looks like I'm not on the only one, how about you listen to what your users need?

2019?  I have been requesting this fix since 2016?

I literally typed into Google "alternative financial or ERP systems that are not a POS like QB" (And I don't mean Point of Sale) and I got a choice between Oracle Netsuite and Acumatic. Bye bye QB! 

So..... March 2023 and this still isn't possible?!?!?

How ridiculous is it that I can't send a proper PO to a vendor with the actual sku/part number?!?!

QB is making it more and more obvious that I need to find another solution.

1000 times yes - they'll monkey around with other stuff that isn't beneficial and this highly important item isn't getting to our vendors.  Maybe in another 20 years they'll fix this.

Why can't we edit a PO template to include the fields we want just like an invoice?

I understand the problem that a single part might have a sales SKU and a different purchase SKU
Solution for quick books development team is to add a field in Products and Services as "Vendor SKU" and this should appear as a column in POs

That would be nice... but right now we don't even have the option to show the existing SKU.

Hi there,  Chadwickhugh. 

I understand having the ability to add fields in Products and services to show the existing SKU would be beneficial to your business. Currently, this option is unavailable.

I encourage you to add your vote by sending a feature request in the Feedback section within QuickBooks. Our product development team reviews the suggestions they receive to ensure we’re meeting the needs of our customers.
 

Here's how:
 

1. Select the Gear icon at the top, then Feedback.
   
2. Enter your comments or product suggestions then select Next.
3. You'll be provided a list of suggested Help articles related to your comment. You can read through them or select Skip and send a message.
4. From the drop-down, choose the appropriate category, then select Send a message.

I'm adding these articles in case you're monitoring your items and what to do when you're out of stock:

• Get alerts for low or out-of-stock products
• Reorder inventory or supplies from suppliers.

Please let me know how else I can empower you to make QuickBooks work the way your business needs. Have a good one!

How on earth can you guys ignore such an obvious request for so long? This feed started in 2019...seems like most people would like to be able to include the SKU as a specific line item on the purchase order list.

Still nothing.

Pretty much makes QBO unusable for POs... defeating much of its purpose for inventory asset management.

What happens when you place a purchase order for more than one item? I need the SKU number to be in a Row in the PO.

Welcome to the thread, Noem101.

In QuickBooks Online, you can enter more than one item on the Purchase order with their SKU number on each row. You'll just have to make sure that you're able to add SKU to a product or service items.

Once your supplier accepts the purchase order, you can add it to an expense or bill to make the transaction official. 

Here's how:

1. In the left menu, click the + New button.
2. Choose Expense, Cheque, or Bill. 
3. From the Payee ▼ dropdown, select the supplier. This opens a window with their open purchase orders.
4. Select Add for the correct purchase order. This adds the items from the purchase order. They appear in the Item details section.
5. If you plan to bill a customer for a specific item, select the Billable checkbox. Then add the customer you plan to bill in the Customer column.
6. Select Save and close.

For more details in handling purchase order, see this article: Add purchase orders to expenses, bills, or cheques in QuickBooks Online.

Alternatively, if you wish to have the SKU displayed on a purchase order, you can input it manually into the Description field. As a result, the SKU will be visible in the Activity or Description column when the transaction is printed.

Let us know if you have any other concerns, Noem101. We're here to help.

QuickBooks doesn't know how purchase orders work. It's ridiculous to have to add the sku in the description because the sku doesn't show when you print it. 

Don't hold your breath for it to ever be fixed. Look how long everyone has been having issues. Now I use QuoteWerks to create Estimates and those that sync are considered sales orders since QBO doesn't have those either. In the old templates I renamed them sales orders. My salesmen make their POs in QuoteWerks too where the sku prints out correctly. I added the sku to the description like they suggested. But then moving to QuoteWerks. I had to change the description of over 600 products. I have used QB for over 20 years. Good Luck!

Right! It's super frustrating. Thanks for your input! 

The fact QBO will not fix this ridiculous issue shows how much they care about their customers.