Purchases & suppliers
Record what you buy, from whom, and what it cost you.
Purchases are how stock legitimately enters the shop. Instead of quietly editing a quantity, you record a delivery against a supplier: the lines you received, the quantity of each, and the price you paid. CEMAC POS raises the stock and, when you choose, refreshes the cost price it uses to work out your margin.
Suppliers you deal with regularly
Keep a short list of the wholesalers, distributors and market traders you buy from, each with a name and contact details. Every delivery is filed against one of them, so you can look back and see everything you bought from a given supplier over a period, and how much of it is still unpaid.
What a purchase records
- The supplier and the date of the delivery.
- Each product line with its quantity and unit cost in CFA francs.
- The total value of the delivery, so you can check it against the paper invoice.
- Whether it was paid on delivery or is owed.
Why cost price matters here
Selling prices in CEMAC POS are VAT-inclusive, but your profit depends on what the goods actually cost. By capturing cost at the moment of purchase, the app can show a truthful margin per product and per sale. When a supplier raises a price, the next delivery updates the cost, and reports reflect the new reality without any manual recalculation.
| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| Supplier | Brasseries du Cameroun |
| Line | Casier 65cl x 20 |
| Unit cost | 9 500 XAF |
| Status | Owed |
Recording a purchase never rewrites a past sale. Stock moves forward from the delivery date, which keeps the hash-chained sale history intact and your accounts auditable.
Like the rest of the app, purchases can be entered offline. If you take a delivery in a stockroom with no signal, the record queues locally and syncs the moment you are back online, with no risk of double-counting.
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