MarketTime makes it easy to browse through your company's orders and find what you're looking for in a variety of methods.
What you'll learn
- How to browse through orders in MarketTime
- What the Status column does
- How to edit, download, and print orders
Viewing your orders can be done by clicking View Orders under Orders in the Navigation Menu.
On this screen, you'll see the orders you have written, orders written on your behalf, or orders in your Territory, and their various statuses.
Video Overview
Browsing Orders
NOTE: This screen only displays the last 12 months worth of orders. Use the Date Range Filter to assist in searches with a larger scope.
Search (1) - Allows you to search through your orders with a variety of criteria (such as an item's Item #, Name, UPC, or Category).
Advanced (2) - Allows you to refine your search.
Unfinished Orders (3) - Allows you to view any Unfinished orders that are still in the Basket and haven't been finalized yet.
Manufacturer Filter (4) - Allows you to filter by a single Manufacturer.
Order Codes Filter (6) - Allows you to filter by select Order Codes.
Date Range Filter (6) - Allows you to change the date range for the Search critera.
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Date Range Filter
By default, the Search field will only search the last 30 days of data.
To expand this window, use the Date Range Filter:
You may choose through a few pre-selected ranges, or choose a custom date range using the calendar.
Be sure to click Apply to confirm your selection before searching.
Status Column
The Status column shows the order's current status within the sales agency.
On orders that have been transmitted, the Status can be changed to CONFIRMED if desired.
A short explanation of each status you may see is below:
INCOMPLETE - This is an order that has made it to the Finalization screen, but is missing a required piece of information such as an Order Code, Payment Terms, or Shipping Terms. Incomplete orders may not be transmitted to Manufacturers.
OPEN - This is an order that has been finalized and saved, and may be transmitted to Manufacturers or Customers.
QUOTE - This status is discretionary, and usually indicates that the order is not yet ready to be transmitted to the Manufacturer.
TRANSMITTED - This is an order that has been transmitted to the Manufacturer. Re-transmitting an order will send a notification to the Manufacturer that the order has been updated, but MarketTime recommends always following up with the Manufacturer for confirmation of the changes.
CANCELLED - This status is discretionary, but usually indicates the order has been cancelled by a party involved with the order.
- When a Manufacturer updates the status to CANCELLED, both the Manufacturer and Agency status of the order us updated to CANCELLED and the Salesperson on the order is notified.
- When a Salesperson updates the status to CANCELLED, both the Manufacturer and Agency status of the order us updated to CANCELLED and the Manufacturer is notified, and the Salesperson is given an opportunity to add a note when doing so.
When choosing to set an order to CANCELLED, we recommend adding a note when doing so, as the Manufacturer will be notified via email when this status changes.
CONFIRMED - This status is discretionary, and is usually used by Salespeople to visually confirm an order within MarketTime once they've received confirmation from the Manufacturer that they've received or processed the order.
PAID - This status appears when an admin user has run the Company Commission Summary, verifying the pay period which this order appears in is correct.
REP PAID - This status appears when an admin user has run the Salesperson Commission Summary, verifying this pay period’s numbers are correct for each Salesperson, and usually indicated impending payment (consult your admins in regards to actually being paid).
COMPLETE - This status signifies that the order has completed the "lifecycle" of an order, has been paid, and can be locked, preventing future edits to it or it's attached invoices.
Manufacturer Status Column
The MFR Status column shows you at a quick glance what the status on the Manufacturer's side is.
When a Manufacturer views an order, it is automatically marked as RECEIVED, and the Salesperson on the order receives an email notification updating them on this change.
The Manufacturer then has the ability to change the status of the order to a variety of default statuses.
Please refer to the Manufacturer about questions pertaining to an order's status or meaning of the status.
Additional Features
Additional actions for each order may be found by clicking the "arrow" icon next to each order.
Print/Preview - View a preview of an order, and print if desired.
Download PDF - Download a PDF copy of the order to your local machine
Mark as Sent - Mark the order as TRANSMITTED. This will not send a notification to the Manufacturer, but will appear as RECEIVED for them within MarketTime.
Duplicate Order - Allows you to make an exact copy of the selected order.
Delete Order - Allows you to permanently delete the order. THIS ACTION CAN NOT BE UNDONE
NOTE: When deleting an order, it is no longer able to be accessed by anyone (Customers, Manufacturers, or anyone within your Sales Agency. This also prevents the Manufacturer from processing/collecting payment on this order if it's been transmitted.
Edit an Order
To edit an order, the Edit button (shown as a "pencil" icon) can be used to take you to the Order Entry screen to edit the order.