A Shopify merchant processes 100-200 orders daily from multiple suppliers and needs an external system (not a Shopify app) to consolidate items by supplier into single purchase orders (POs) sent once daily or weekly. The system must track which products are on POs for each order.
Attempted Solutions:
Simple Purchase Order app was tested but found insufficiently advanced
One user explored Xero integration via third-party apps
KevinL initially reported Simple Purchase Order as a solution, though this contradicts the original poster’s experience
Proposed Solutions:
Custom app development services offered by multiple vendors
SKUSavvy presented as comprehensive solution featuring:
Outstanding Need:
One merchant specifically seeks functionality to check if items are already on order from vendors/warehouses while creating new POs. Prediko app was mentioned as potentially building this feature.
Status: No definitive solution confirmed by original poster; discussion remains open with multiple unresolved cases.
Summarized with AI on November 5.
AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
I need a Purchase order system. I mainly order products direct to order. But I have 100-200 orders pr day and a lot of suppliers.
I need to send out PO’s once pr day. I have to collect all items from the same supplier into 1 PO and then send the Po to the supplier. Some suppliers I one order from once pr week, so I add all products from order up and order them together.
The system needs to be able to handle all this and show me on every order, what PO the ordered products are on.
I have tried Simple Purchase Orders App and it is not advanced enough. I cant seem to find other apps that can do this, so I am thinking, it has to be a system outside Shopify, not an app.
I haven’t used an app for this, but if you can’t find an app in the Shopify app store feel free to contact my team (speedboostr.com/about). We build custom apps for stores all the time (and have a few apps in the Shopify app store).
We can build whatever you want. Custom apps are more expensive so I would try a few apps from the store first to see if one can fit your needs, but as a fallback we can build a custom solution for you.
Hi @Miealine – We’re developing a new product to help shopify owners with managing their imports. Would you be open to a quick call to learn more about how we might be able to help? Please let me know!
Hey @Miealine revisiting some older questions in this community with a new solution. Of course, you can create transfers within Shopify but for most stores, the workflow is too simplified. We created SKUSavvy to solve the end-to-end workflow for Shopify merchants to purchase, organize inventory, pick-pack-ship orders.
For example, this is how your purchasing workflow works with your store connected to SKUSavvy:
Associate vendors with product and costs
Place purchase order with your vendor
Vendor receives email where they can make adjustments to cost/quantity, cancel, or approve the PO
When inventory is added to SKUSavvy, your inventory quantities for those items will sync back to Shopify and update quantities so you can utilize SKUSavvy and your inventory point of truth.
Using the app you’ll be able to control your inventory with visual bin allocation. As orders come into your Shopify store, they will flow into SKUSavvy so you can assemble new pick batches to pick and fulfill your orders efficiently.
Happy purchasing! Get a free account for <50 orders per month here: skusavvy.com/register
I’m looking for a tool to tell me if an item is already on order (while I am creating a new purchase order). also is there an add-in that will show customers if an item is on order?
Within the SKUSavvy purchasing interface you can quickly view all stock levels of a product and be able to view orders associated with outbound or inbound orders.
View while pacing an order with an item highlighted to show the inventory
Hi,
I am a brand with almost similar problem. I have talked to a few apps and taken demo. Prediko is the one that is building this feature for me.I am just waiting for it as well.
