Talk:Sales order

hello? - contradiction - 2007 -> 2019 -> 2022
How can a Sales Order both be an order received by a business from a customer, and an internal document of the company generated by the company itself? At the same time the article states that the sales order should record the customer's originating purchase order which is an external document. To me it seems that it is the purchase order that is received by a business from a customer, and that the sales order is an internal document created by the business. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.84.201.2 (talk • contribs).
 * This point remains at issue - if a sales order is an internal document ... used for internal control purposes, then it is not correct to lead with the statement that a sales order "is an order issued by a business or sole trader to a customer". - BobKilcoyne (talk) 05:37, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Now it starts "The sales order, sometimes abbreviated as SO, is an order issued by a business or sole trader to a customer. " which seems to contradict both of the above. - Rod57 (talk)

Definition too specific
"The sales order, sometimes abbreviated as SO, is an order issued by a business to a customer. A sales order may be for products and/or services. Given the wide variety of businesses, this means that the orders can be fulfilled in several ways."

This definition is quite specific to a Business, even though a Sales order should be defined as:

The sales order, sometimes abbreviated as SO, is an order issued by a seller to a buyer. A sales order may be for products and/or services. Given the wide variety of activities, this means that the orders can be fulfilled in a way described through the sales order.

Goldbishop (talk) 20:30, 16 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Why does seller issue a SO to a buyer ? Is it an acceptance of a customer's purchase order ? - Rod57 (talk) 13:01, 24 May 2022 (UTC)