Posting completed sales orders

Once a sales order has been completed, meaning there is no longer anything pending about the order because it has been shipped, or otherwise fulfilled and is not waiting for a customer PO, attachment or evidence of shipping, or pricing information, or some approval etc., then the next step is to mark the order "ready to post" and then actually post it.  Under the accounting tab you check the box "ready to post".  Then you can either post the order individually by clicking on the "post this document " link or it can be posted as part of a batch of orders that are ready to post within the accounting section.  

Unposted orders have not had any accounting impact and are only exist as a commitment but is still in a pending status.  After a sales order is posted it becomes an invoice and appears on the company's accounts receivable listing and an invoice will be generated to send out to the customer and any inventory lines on the order will then update the on hand inventory stock at the facility from which it was sold.