How to Create Delivery Notes in ERPNext?

Delivery Note can be created from a Sales Order. However to create a Delivery Note directly, follow steps as shown below.

The Delivery Notes will have the following tabs. Lets have a look at each tab in detail.

The Basic Info tab will capture details related to the customer and the posting date on which the stock ledger entries will be affected. You can mention the lorry and challan details as well.

The Items tab will have a list of items and their quantities to be delivered from a warehouse. You can create a Delivery Note against multiple Sales Orders.

The Ref rate will get fetched from the item master on selection of price list. Changes can be made to the Rate which will calculate the Discount(%) on Ref Rate. The below rate and amount are in customer's currency.

Mention the warehouse from where goods will be delivered so that the stock level gets reduced from that warehouse on submitting Delivery Note. Mention Serial Nos and Batch Nos if applicable to the item. Serial numbers can be separated by a comma.

The Taxes tab will capture the total tax amount. If you have not created a tax template, enter taxes directly. You can select Type based on the following requirements :

1. Actual - when you know the actual amount of tax or other charge to be added to the net total, mention the amount in the Rate column.
2. On Net Total - will be selected when a tax percentage has to be calculated on the net total.
3. On Previous Row Amount - will be selected if a tax percentage needs to be calculated over the previous row tax amount . In this case mention the Row Id.
4. On Previous Row Total - will be selected when a tax percentage needs to be calculated over the total of net total and the previous row tax amount. In this case also mention the Row Id

Select the relevant tax account head applicable. The account head should be created under Chart of Accounts. The tax rate will be mentioned in the account head and will get fetched under the Rate column on selecting the same. 

Creating a tax template will save your time. To see how to create a tax template click on the link http://erpnext.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-create-template-for-taxes-and.html

The Terms tab will have the terms and conditions and other additional information which you would want to appear on the Sales Order print format. You can even create a template pull its details. To create a template click on the link http://erpnext.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-create-templates-for-terms-and.html

The More Info tab will capture additional information.

The Sales Team will capture the details of the Sales Partner and Sales Persons involved in the sales process and their commission and allocated percentage. The sales team is captured even in the Customer master and can be fetched from there once the customer is selected in the Sales Order.

Now save and submit the Delivery Note. 

Submitting the Delivery Note reduce the stock quantity from the warehouse selected. Also you can email and print the Delivery Note. 

Sales Invoice can now be made against the Delivery Note to book your income.

For more details, please visit www.erpnext.com