Re: Purchase Orders vs Purchase Cards

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Purchase orders are a mainstay of all enterprise-level businesses. You 
don't buy a million pounds of steel over the Internet.

Joe

> 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.
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> 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.
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> Thanks,
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> Nathan.
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