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Purchase Order System: PO Management Feature In Depth

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Create & Manage Purchase Orders

Create purchase orders quickly and consistently using a straightforward, centralised system. Each purchase order can be reviewed, updated, and tracked throughout its lifecycle, giving your organisation a clear and reliable record of purchasing activity while reducing its reliance on spreadsheets, emails, and disconnected processes.

PO creators can add the following information to the purchase order, which populates the PO document template:

  • Supplier Details
  • PO Title
  • Delivery Details
  • Internal Justification
  • Payment Method
  • Invoice Instructions
  • Special Delivery Instructions
  • Individual PO Line Items
  • Budgetary Details

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Supporting Document Attachments

Attach supporting documents directly to a purchase order and choose whether they are for internal or external use. This helps keep quotations, specifications and other supporting information organised while ensuring that only the appropriate documents are shared externally.

Internal Documents


  • Visible during approval
  • Available to internal users
  • Not sent to the supplier


External Documents


  • Visible during approval
  • Included with the approved PO
  • Automatically sent to the supplier




Budget & Accounting Code Allocation

Give your organisation more precise control over expenditure by allocating each purchase order line to the correct budget and accounting codes. Depending on the type of purchase order, budgets can be assigned at a Company, Department or Project level.

Individual lines within the same purchase order can also be allocated across different budgets, giving you greater flexibility over how spend is managed. Users can apply the relevant nominal codes, cost centres, and project codes.

This helps you:

  • Categorise expenditure accurately
  • Improve financial reporting
  • Track spend against the right areas of the business
  • Structure purchasing data correctly from the outset

Automatic Approved PO Emails

Once a purchase order has completed its approval workflow, the system can automatically generate and email the approved PO to the selected supplier contact. The email can include:

  • The approved purchase order
  • Supporting documents marked for external use
  • A copy to the user who raised the order

This removes the need to send approved orders manually and helps ensure suppliers receive the correct documentation without unnecessary delays. It also gives users clear confirmation that the PO has been issued, helping to:

  • Speed up the purchasing process
  • Reduce manual administration
  • Avoid delays in sending orders
  • Ensure suppliers receive the correct documents
Approved purchase orders are sent to the supplier via email

Complete Purchase Order Audit Trail

Maintain a clear, time-stamped record of activity throughout the purchase order lifecycle.

The audit trail captures key actions such as:

  • Created
  • Amended
  • Submitted
  • Approved
  • Rejected
  • Sent to the supplier

It also captures the details of the user who carried out the action. This provides greater accountability, supports internal reviews, and helps organisations demonstrate that purchasing processes have been followed correctly.

Bulk Purchase Order Line Imports

Create large or detailed purchase orders faster by importing multiple PO lines from a prepared spreadsheet. Upload key line information in one go, including product descriptions, quantities, prices, and other relevant line details.

This is particularly useful for high-volume purchase orders, removing the need to enter every item individually. Spreadsheet import helps you:

  • Save time when creating large orders
  • Reduce repetitive data entry
  • Minimise manual input errors
  • Create detailed purchase orders more efficiently

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Follow the full purchasing workflow from creating a purchase order through approvals, budget control, goods receipting, reporting and administration.
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Compare Our Purchase Order Software Packages

Essential PO

A simple, ready-to-use PO system for businesses that need better purchasing control without unnecessary complexity.
From£100/ month

Essential PO Includes:

  • Purchase Order Management
  • Basic Approval Workflows
  • Core Supplier Management
  • Entry-level Searches & Reports
  • Single Company Structure

System Delivery Timescale:
1 Business Day (Mon - Fri)

Full PO

A comprehensive PO system for organisations that need greater control over approvals, budgets, suppliers and purchasing.
From£125/ month

Everything in Essential PO plus:

  • Unlimited Company Structure
  • Budget Control & Goods Receipting
  • Configurable Approval Workflows
  • Supplier Price Lists
  • Configurable Reporting Suite

System Delivery Timescale:
1 Business Day (Mon - Fri)

PO & Invoice Approval

End-to-end purchasing and invoice approval for organisations that want tighter financial control and streamlined processing.
From£150/ month

Everything in Full PO plus:

  • Invoice Approval Workflows
  • Optional AI Invoice processing
  • Data export for Accounting Packages

System Delivery Timescale:
1 Business Day (Mon - Fri)

Customised & Tailored

A bespoke PO solution developed around your organisation, workflows, integrations and specific business requirements.
From£250/ month

A customised solution:

  • Customised to your exact business requirements
  • Tailored approval workflows
  • Custom integrations with accounting software (API Integration)
  • An in-depth specification meeting
  • Custom training videos
Essential PO Full PO PO & Invoice Approval Customised & Tailored
Companies 1 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Multi-currency support Not includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Purchase Order Management
Create & manage purchase ordersIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Supporting document attachmentsIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Budget & accounting code allocationNot included Optional Optional Optional
Automatic approved PO emailsIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Complete purchase order audit trailIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Bulk purchase order line importsNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Approval Workflows
Purchase order approval workflows Basic Configurable Configurable Tailored
Invoice approval workflowsNot includedNot included Configurable Tailored
Value based approval limits & rulesNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Supplier based approval limits & rulesNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Shared approval workflow groupsNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Out-of-office task reassignmentNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Budget Control & Spend Visibility
Budget enforcement controlNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Company, department & project budgetsNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Monthly budget allocationNot includedNot includedNot includedIncluded
Bulk import budgetsNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Budget expiry & status managementNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Goods & Service Receipting
Full & partial goods receiptingNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Receipt goods against individual PO linesNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Upload & retain supplier delivery notesNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Generate internal GRN'sNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Goods receipt history & audit trailNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Outstanding goods & services dashboardNot includedIncludedIncluded Tailored
Supplier Management
Central supplier managementIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Multiple contacts per supplierIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Supplier price-list importsNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Supplier performance ratingsNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Supplier document managementNot included Optional Optional Tailored to requirements
Invoice Processing & Matching
Invoice & credit note matchingNot includedNot includedIncludedIncluded
Quantity, value & variance controlNot includedNot included Configurable Tailored configuration
Invoice approval workflowsNot includedNot includedIncluded Tailored configuration
AI-assisted invoice processingNot includedNot included Optional additional service Optional additional service
Reporting & Integrations
Reporting suite Standard Configurable Configurable Tailored
Custom searches & filtersIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
CSV, Excel & PDF exportsIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Accounts software data exportsNot includedNot includedIncluded Tailored
Automated API integrationsNot includedNot included Optional additional service Tailored
Administration, Configuration & Control
Full system admin controlIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Manage companies, branches & departments Single company structure Unlimited structures Unlimited structures Tailored structures
Create & manage user groupsNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Visualise & test PO approval workflowsNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Configure system-wide settingsIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Full documentation & UK-based supportIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
From£100/ month
From£125/ month
From£150/ month
From£250/ month

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