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Standard Purchase Order

How to create, manage and approve a standard purchase order

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Written by James Gold
Updated over a month ago

Creating an Outgoing PO

  • Navigate to Outgoing PO via Project Finance

  • Select Create Outgoing PO

  • Select the supplier the cost was added to from the drop down

  • Tick the checkbox of the costs to be added to the PO

  • Then edit the cost details:

    • Receipt Type is either Quantity or Value based

    • Quantity if the receipt type is value you don't add a quantity

    • Cost is the value of the item to be charged for this PO

  • If the supplier was originally 'Unknown' select update supplier to select the correct supplier

  • Add both the from and to addresses as well as expected receipt date

  • Select a Purchase Approver

    • Note that approvers are created within the admin console, if there are no approvers consult an admin user from your company

  • Add any public notes

  • Select Create Outgoing Purchase Order

  • You have now created a draft OPO navigate back to the index and select the 3 dots on the OPO to request for approval

  • Draft: The stage of OPO creation, choosing the supplier address and assigning the approver.

  • Pending Approval: The stage of awaiting approval or denial of the OPO.

  • Issued: The stage once the OPO has been approved & issued.

  • Cancelled: If the OPO is marked as cancelled it can no longer be changed.

  • Partially Received: After the OPO has been receipted against but still has value left to receipt it is marked as Partially Received.

  • Fully Received: Once all value has been receipted against.


OPO Approval

  • After the OPO creator has requested for approval the assigned approver will receive an email notifying them of the request.

    • Approve & Issue will approve the PO allowing you to receipt against the OPO

    • Deny will request a reason for denial then be reverted back to draft

    • Note the creator will be notified via email of both outcomes

  • To approve via email select the link on the email which will take the approver to the approve/deny OPO page on Proteus

  • To approval straight from Proteus select the 3 dots and select whether to approve or deny. You can also view the OPO to better review and determine the outcome


OPO Receipting

  • Once the PO has been Approved and Issued you can then start receipting.

  • Before Receipting you are able to Cancel and/or Redraft the PO

  • Select Cancel to completely cancel the PO with no further revision available to be made.

  • Select Cancel and Redraft to cancel the current PO and create a draft copy for further revision and issuing.

  • To start receipting select Receipt on the 3 dots of the PO

  • Add the Receipt date, Invoice ID and Receipt amount

  • Select create once complete


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