Purchasing Overview

This flow diagram does not depict the process for receiving against purchase orders. But explains the general flow of Purchasing.

Step 1.0 Purchasing Maintenance

Purchasing Module Maintenance includes the setup and maintenance required to use Oracle Purchasing.

Step 2.0 Direct Enter PO or Agreement

Direct Enter PO or Agreement includes the process of creating, saving, and approving a purchase order or blanket agreement. These documents can be created manually or they can be “Auto Created” from an approved purchase requisition. Purchase requisition can be created manually or they can be generated by other modules in the system.

Step 3.0 Control Purchase Order

Control Purchase Order includes all of the purchase order control processes. These processes include: canceling purchase orders, closing purchase orders, closing purchase orders for invoicing, closing purchase orders for receiving, freezing purchase orders, or placing purchase orders on hold.

Step 4.0 Modify Purchase Order/ Create New PO

Modify Existing Purchase Order includes the processes for modifying, saving, and re-approving an existing purchase order or agreement. Creating a new purchase document involves entering
new suppliers, negotiating new prices, and entering the new document in the system.

These are the general Oracle purchasing cycle which in depth will lead to numerous counterparts. I will try to help you with the major and most important aspects of Oracle Purchasing on the other posts.