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Purchase Order Modules for Accounting Software
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Purchase Order modules are typically part of larger business accounting software solutions. Purchase Order modules should manage the ordering of goods and services from vendors.

A Purchase Order defines what needs to be ordered, and keeps track of what has been ordered and/or purchased. It should also be able to generate electronic purchase orders directly selected by a user, or via predefined selected criteria from a database. 

In order for this module to be effective, it should have an easily updatable database of cost items to draw upon.  A purchase order module should be able to issue requisitions, and follow them from inception to   delivery of goods and services to matching invoices to payments. Not every user needs functionality this broad, but a well integrated purchase order module should be able to perform all these functions.

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