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How to Create a Material Order

Convert measurements and proposals into ready-to-send, accurate material orders.

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How to create a Material Order

1. From a Job Card

  • Click the Material orders tab at the top of a Roofr Job Card

  • Click Create Material Order

Enter required details:

  • Supplier and branch location

  • Delivery address

  • Point of contact

  • Preferred contact method

  • Delivery date & time

  • At least one material item added

  • Click Send at the top right when ready

2. From a proposal

  • Click the (…) options menu on a won proposal listing

  • Select Create material order

  • The proposal’s materials will automatically populate

  • Enter required details

  • Click Send at the top right when ready

💡 Optional: add a unique Purchase Order Number to organize your internal accounting and project management


Send and track Material Orders

  • After filling in all necessary details in your material order, click Send in the top right corner

  • Review/edit recipients and subject and add a message body to the email

  • Click Send order

From the job card:

  • View/edit the status of the work order (draft, ready to send, sent, rejected, delivered)

  • View the work order to edit

  • Download or delete the work order (from the … options menu)


Change Supplier on Material Orders

Material Orders made from proposals with supplier pricing will be created locked to that supplier.

To change the supplier on the Material Order:

  • Click Change supplier under the supplier dropdown

  • Acknowledge the warnings on the prompt

    • pricing on the material order reflects the current supplier and will clear when changed

    • the original proposal will not update

  • Select a different supplier from the dropdown

💡 Changes will be noted in the activity log of the job with user and timestamp


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