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What this page is for

Every order you create or accept in the supply plan starts as a draft inside Spherecast — a Recommended / Draft order that lives only in Spherecast and has not reached your system of record. This page shows how to make those orders real by pushing them to your ERP. An ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning system) is your company’s system of record — where real purchase, work, and transfer orders actually live once they are committed.

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How it works

The action is Sync to ERP, found on each order’s detail page — whether it is a Purchase Order, a Work Order, or a Transfer Order. A few rules apply:
  • A purchase order needs nothing extra — you can sync it straight away.
  • A work order must be approved first. If it is not approved, the sync is blocked and you see a message telling you to approve it before you can write it.
When you click Sync to ERP, Spherecast asks you to confirm — “Are you sure you want to write to ERP?” — then shows “Writing…” and finally “Written to ERP successfully.” You can also sync recommended purchase orders directly from the recommendations view, without opening each order’s detail page first.

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Step by step: sync an order to your ERP

  1. Open the order’s detail page (Purchase Order, Work Order, or Transfer Order).
  2. If it is a work order, approve it first — otherwise the next step is blocked.
  3. Click Sync to ERP.
  4. On the “Are you sure you want to write to ERP?” prompt, confirm.
  5. Wait for “Writing…” to become “Written to ERP successfully.”
  6. The order now exists in your ERP.

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Example

You created a draft purchase order for 600 units of CB-2010 from the supply grid. You open it, review the quantity and supplier, and click Sync to ERP. You confirm the prompt, the button reads Writing…, and a moment later Written to ERP successfully. Your buyer now sees the PO in the ERP. For a manufactured item, you first approve the work order, then Sync to ERP the same way.

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Where to go next

Note: Syncing is the point of no return. Before you write to the ERP, an order is a draft you can freely change or delete. After you write it, the order exists in your ERP — treat it like any real order and make changes there.