RE: Purchase Orders vs Purchase Cards

Nathan,

Purchase orders are required here for everything from products that we buy for re-sale to a single box of paper. (The latter because our GM is a control freak.)

Our largest vendors have even required us to enter the P/O into their secure web site. And those P/O's are still used by receiving and payables.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
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B&W Wholesale
office: 615-995-7024
email: jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nathan Andelin
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 10:39 AM
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Subject: Purchase Orders vs Purchase Cards


Are organizations still writing Purchase Orders? Or, are they buying with Purchase Cards? My gut feel is that most organizations are issuing Purchase Cards (Visa, Mastercard, etc.) to employees, assigning various credit limits to cardholders, and having people order directly from vendor web sites, rather than going through a PO approval process. But I thought I'd ask.

I'm in the middle of designing a database for a Purchase Order system - part of a new IBM i Financial Accounting system. Purchase Orders have long been a standard component of enterprise financial accounting packages, but I sometimes question their relevance in a world where so many vendors are putting up shopping cart applications on their web sites.

Thanks,

Nathan.