Issuing Material Request in ERPNext
Guide
Log into your ERPNext account
Click on Buying
Click on Material Request
Click on 'New' found on the upper right hand area of the screen
Enter the Required Date when you need the materials being requested
Under Item Code in the item table, type in the time code of the material or item being requested. If the item code does not exist, please request your administrator or accounting user to set up the item in the system
Under Quantity, enter the quantity of items being requested
To add more items, you can simply press TAB on your keyboard, or click on the button. Repeat same steps to input more items into the order
Enter the Purpose of your request in the Purpose field. This will help inform the purchaser understand the reason for your request so they will be able to generate a purchase order
If you have additional remarks to help describe this particular material request, enter them in the Remarks box at the bottom of the form
Click 'Save' or press CTRL+S to save the document. Note that this does not finalize the document yet. Instead, the sales order is still in draft status
Review the material request. If everything is in order, click on or press CTRL+S to submit and finalize the request. You are done.