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Purchase order

Not to be confused with compulsory purchase order.
An example of a purchase order request from a travel agent.

A purchase order, often abbreviated to PO, is a commercial document issued by a buyer to a seller, indicating types, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services required.[1] It is used to control the purchasing of products and services from external suppliers.[2] Purchase orders can be an essential part of enterprise resource planning system orders.

An indent is a purchase order often placed through an agent (indent agent) under specified conditions of sale.[3]

The issue of a purchase order does not itself form a contract. If no prior contract exists, then it is the acceptance of the order by the seller that forms a contract between the buyer and seller.

  1. ^ Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, Glossary of Terms: Purchase Order (PO), accessed 24 May 2023
  2. ^ Dobler, Donald W; Burt, David N (1996). Purchasing and Supply Management, Text and Cases (Sixth ed.). Singapore: McGraw-Hill. p. 70.
  3. ^ "Indent". businessdictionary.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

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