Good day, @davidkolb.
As of the moment, your inventory items from a purchase order won't automatically be added to your item's quantity on hand. This is because your purchase order is a non-posting transaction. Thus, it doesn't affect the quantity of your items and in any of your accounts.
With that being said, you can consider copying your inventory items from a purchase order to a vendor transaction once you received them. This way, QuickBooks will automatically add the quantity of your inventory items to your current inventory count. To do so:
- Go to the Plus icon.
- Under Vendors, select Expense, Check, or Bill.
- Select your vendor who sent you the purchase order.
- On the lest selection panel, find your purchase order.
- Select Add.
- Click Save and close.
Additionally, here's an article you can read to learn more about how you can add your purchase order to a vendor transaction: Apply a Purchase Order to a Vendor Transaction.
Lastly, I've also added this helpful article that'll guide you in identifying and finding your purchase order transaction: How to Run Purchase Order Reports?
If there's anything else that I can help you with, please let me know ion the comment section down below. I'll be always around ready to help.
