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Track Part Returns

Manage and record part returns in your shop

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Written by Ashley Bennett
Updated over 2 months ago

Add a Return Status to a Part

Initiate and manage part returns from a few places in Shopmonkey: from within an estimate, the purchasing returns page, a purchase order, and shop inventory.

Within an Estimate

From within an estimate, select the part line item of the part you’d like to return.

On the right-side panel, select Part Return.

part return button on right side panel

Complete the fields in the Part Return Menu.

part return menu
  • Quantity: Number of parts to be returned

  • Amount: Dollar amount to be refunded for the return

  • Status: Status of the return. The tag on the part will be updated to match the status selected

    • Not Ready to Return

    • Ready to Return

    • Returned

    • Refunded

    • Not Refundable

  • Return #: Identification number of the return (RMA/ID #)

  • Credit Method: Refund payment method

  • Reason: Reason for the return

    • Defective

    • Not Needed

    • Warranty

    • Wrong Part

    • Other

  • Note: Add additional notes and attachments as needed

Select Save to save the return status.

On the right-side panel, the part will be updated to the new return status you selected. Select edit to make changes.

From the Purchasing Page

Manage returns directly from the Purchasing → Returns page.

Select the Purchasing icon from the left-side navigation bar. Select Returns.

Navigate to the returns purchase page

View and manage parts with return statuses and previously returned parts.

Returns purchase page

Please Note: You can also return a part directly from the purchase order it is associated with.

From Inventory

Manage returns directly from your shop inventory in Shopmonkey.

Select the Inventory icon from the left-side navigation bar. Select Parts.

Navigate to the inventory parts page

Select the … ellipsis on the part you’d like to return. Select Return.

Manage and Process the Return

Manage parts with a return status in the Parts & Tires Workflow → Part Returns page.

Update the tag to Returned or Refunded when the return is processed.

Return tag update

After processing the return, we recommend editing the part return note to include confirmation numbers, vendor credits, and any other return information that should be documented.


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