Locating and Transmitting Purchase Orders

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to transmit a purchase order.

Purchase Order Transmission Overview

By default, the Process Purchase Orders screen displays the Purchase Orders Pending Transmission view, unless you select a different view.

This view lists all purchase orders with a status of Pending Transmission. These purchase orders have been created from fully processed purchase requests and are ready to be sent to the vendor or supplier.

Screenshot of the SAP Concur Purchase Orders Pending Transmission page showing a table of purchase orders with columns including Order No., Requestor, Vendor Name, Status, Total, and Total Invoiced Net Amount Percentage. Navigation options and filters appear at the top.

When you open a purchase order, you can transmit, preview, reject, close, or assign it to a new owner. The available actions and procedures may vary depending on your company's specific processes.

Screenshot of SAP Concur showing details for Purchase Order 21 with status Pending Transmission. The order includes one item, magazines, quantity 10 at $10.00 each, for a subtotal of $100.00. Vendor is Big G Enterprises, and shipping/billing is to Triton Warehouse North. Transmit, Preview, and Actions buttons are visible at the top.

You can correct selected items in the Preview Purchase Order window and add one or more additional email addresses as needed. If multiple email addresses exist, vendors will see all other contacts who received the email by looking at the To line of their email. This helps prevent multiple vendor contacts from fulfilling the same purchase order.

To change default text (body text, address, Instructions, etc.), you use the Purchase Order Configuration tool. To change any PO data presented in the PDF, you open the actual PO and edit the fields. You can also email the PO from this window by selecting Transmit.

You can change the prefix for the From address but cannot change the suffix of the address from "_DoNotReply@ConcurSolutions.com".

Screenshot of SAP Concur's Preview Purchase Order email window, showing email fields on the left and a PDF preview of the purchase order for Big G Enterprises on the right.