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Hi Xero Product Team,

I'd like to suggest an improvement to the current Purchase Order to Bill workflow, specifically around partial order fulfilment.

The Problem

When a supplier partially fills a purchase order, creating a bill for only the delivered items currently requires the following manual steps:

1. Open the purchase order and select 'Copy to Bill'
2. Manually delete all line items that have NOT yet been delivered from the copied bill
3. Return to the original purchase order and manually delete all line items that HAVE been billed

This process is time-consuming and error-prone, as every partial delivery effectively doubles the workload — the same line items must be managed in two separate places.

The Suggested Improvement

It would be far more efficient if users could select specific line items directly within the purchase order to generate a bill from. The selected items would be carried across to the new bill automatically, and simultaneously marked as billed (or removed) from the purchase order — all in a single action.

This would:
- Eliminate the need for manual deletions in both the bill and the purchase order
- Reduce the risk of human error
- Accurately reflect the outstanding balance of a purchase order in real time
- Save significant time for businesses dealing with frequent partial deliveries

This type of workflow is common in businesses that deal with suppliers on backorder or staged deliveries, and I believe it would be a valuable enhancement for many Xero users.

Thank you for considering this suggestion.