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Once a buyer and a seller have finalized their negotiations through the [[Dev:Purchasing contract negotiation process|purchasing contract negotiation process]] an agreement has been reached, a [[purchasing contract]] is created.
A purchase order is a one sided declaration of a customer towards a supplier, which defines


Depending on the [[Purchasing contract|purchasing contract type]] one or multiple pairs of '''procurement orders''' and [[Customer Order|customer orders]] can be created. The purchase order is the business object on the customer side, the customer order is the business object on the vendor side. They are bound together through [https://www.b-op.com the b-op network], if both parties have their [[Digital|b-op digitals]] and they share enough trust.


If there is not an existing contract that governs the relationship between buyer and seller, the purchase order can be used in place of a contract. Each purchase order is assigned it’s own unique number, known as the purchase order number.  
The processing of a purchase order typically has these phases:
 
* Contracting / Negotiation phase
* Creation
* Fulfillment phase
 
Detailed information on purchase order processing can be found in [[Dev:Purchasing contract negotiation process|this article]].
 
== Creation ==
There are two ways of purchase order creation:
 
* '''Individual purchase order''' - once a buyer and a seller have finalized their negotiations through the [[Dev:Purchasing contract negotiation process|purchasing contract negotiation process]] an agreement has been reached, a [[purchasing contract]] is created.
* '''master contract based purchase order''' - the contract has been prenegotiated and the purchase order is directly created based on it, so no [[Dev:Purchasing contract negotiation process|negotiation phase]] is required.
 
The purchase order is the business object on the customer side, the [[Customer Order|customer order]] is the business object on the supplier side. They are bound together through the [[Dev:B-Op supply chain network connector|B-Op supply chain network connector]] in the b-op network, if both parties have their [[Digital|b-op digitals]] and they share enough trust.
 
== Processing ==


== Related Articles ==
== Related Articles ==


* [[Procure-To-Pay]]
* [[Procure-To-Pay]]
*[[Proposal Phase|Proposal phase]]
*[[Request for Proposal (RFP)]]
* [[Purchasing contract]]
* [[Purchasing contract]]


== Related development articles ==
== Related development articles ==
* [[Dev:Purchase order]] - Developer information page on purchaseorder
* [[Dev:Purchase order processing]] - Developer information page on purchase order
*[[Dev:Purchasing contract negotiation process]] - b-op supports a fully digitalized RFP and negotiation process




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[[Category:Glossary]]

Revision as of 16:36, 3 November 2023

A purchase order is a one sided declaration of a customer towards a supplier, which defines


The processing of a purchase order typically has these phases:

  • Contracting / Negotiation phase
  • Creation
  • Fulfillment phase

Detailed information on purchase order processing can be found in this article.

Creation

There are two ways of purchase order creation:

The purchase order is the business object on the customer side, the customer order is the business object on the supplier side. They are bound together through the B-Op supply chain network connector in the b-op network, if both parties have their b-op digitals and they share enough trust.

Processing

Related Articles

Related development articles