Pack Orders

Suppliers

Flow is the paid add-on for stores that re-order stock from suppliers. It starts here: a supplier directory and a way to tell Pack Orders who supplies which product. Once that’s in place, every item you flag Awaiting stock can be grouped by supplier and turned into a re-order — which is the next page.

Your supplier directory

Suppliers live under Products → Suppliers. It’s a simple directory — add one row per supplier you buy from. The Count column shows how many products you’ve assigned to each, so you can see your catalogue’s split at a glance.

The Suppliers directory under Products: a table listing Brookline Leather (1 product), Capworks Co (3 products) and Northwind Apparel (8 products), each with a Name, Slug and Count column.
Products → Suppliers — one row per supplier, with a live count of assigned products.

Contact details on each supplier

Each supplier carries the details you need to actually place an order — added right on the supplier’s add/edit screen, below the usual name and slug:

  • Email — used for the one-click “email this order” button on the re-order list.
  • Phone — for when it’s quicker to call.
  • Account number — your reference with that supplier.
  • Notes — lead times, minimum order, cut-off — whatever you need to remember before ordering.

These show up next to the supplier’s group on the re-order list, so the people placing orders have everything in front of them.

The Edit supplier screen for Northwind Apparel, showing the standard Name and Slug fields plus the Pack Orders contact fields filled in: Email orders@northwind-apparel.test, Phone +44 20 7946 0991, Account number NW-4471 and Notes reading Lead time 5–7 working days, minimum order £150, cut-off 4pm.
A supplier’s contact fields: email, phone, account number and free-text notes.

Assign products to a supplier

Telling Pack Orders who supplies a product works exactly like product categories. On the Products list you get a new Supplier column and an All suppliers filter; set a product’s supplier from its edit screen, or pick several and use Quick Edit / Bulk edit to assign them in one go.

The WooCommerce Products list with an All suppliers filter in the toolbar and a Supplier column. Most apparel products (Polo, Tshirt, Vneck, hoodies, Long Sleeve Tee) are assigned to Northwind Apparel; Sunglasses to Capworks Co; the unassigned Test variation shows a dash.
The Products list gains a Supplier column and an “All suppliers” filter. Unassigned products show a dash.

A product has one supplier. Anything you haven’t assigned still works — its awaiting items just gather under Unassigned on the re-order list, so nothing is ever lost.

Suppliers set up? Now put them to work: Re-order from suppliers →