Purchaser

Procurement processes can cause confusion for lawyers between quotations and purchase orders; a purchaser asks suppliers for a quotation, then issues a purchase order as an official order backed by the quotation and pricing.

“maybe what has caused confusion for lawyers is in some procurement processes , a purchaser would ask for a quotation from a supplier ... and the supplier provides a quotation ... And they then issue a purchase order based on that quotation”

The purchase order contains reference, amount and quantity details, and when accepted by the supplier, goods are delivered and invoiced accordingly.

“in their purchase order they say that is the reference , that is the amount , it is this number of goods ... When it gets accepted by the supplier , they then deliver the goods and an invoice follows”