How Purchase Orders Are Automatically Created

You can use automated order creation to automatically convert an approved requisition into a purchase order, and communicate it to the supplier. Automated order creation can be done with no manual intervention from a procurement agent.

Automated ordering, or touchless buying, mimics the manual process by:

• Finding a supplier to source the items from.

• Finding an agreement with the supplier to derive terms and conditions, including the price.

You can configure automated order buying for requisitions created in the following ways:

• Requisitions for catalog items, including:

  • Items from agreements

  • Punchout catalog items

• Requisitions imported through the requisitions open interface

Requisitions sourced to a contract purchase agreement must have the Negotiated check box selected on the requisition line in order to be automatically converted to a purchase order.