Streamline Your Purchase Orders and Invoices for Public Relations

Purchase orders and invoices for Public Relations

How does Purchase Order matching to invoices work? A Purchase Order is an official offer issued by a buyer to a seller, indicating types, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services. For auditing and compliance purposes, as well as Accounts Payable process efficiency and expense control, a Purchase Order system is highly recommended for companies that have reached a certain volume of purchase transactions and business complexity. In a two-way matching system, an invoice is matched to a corresponding purchase order, by checking that things like price, quantity, terms, discount, and freight charges are in agreement between the two documents. If so, there is a match, and the invoice can be approved for payment. If there is no match, the Accounts Payable department would check with the supplier and/or requestor of the purchase order. Sometimes companies set an acceptable tolerance for discrepancies. In a three-way matching system, an invoice is matched to both the purchase order as well as to receiving information, for the same items. This is a higher level of control than a mere two-way match. If there is a match, then the invoice can be approved for payment. In a four-way matching system, the strictest form of control, an invoice is matched not only to the purchase order and the receiving information, but also to inspection information. If there is a match, then the invoice can be approved for payment. I hope you enjoyed this short explanation of purchase order matching in Accounts Payable. If you enjoyed this video, then please give it a thumbs up! On this end screen, there are a few suggestions of related videos you can watch next. Please subscribe to the Finance Storyteller YouTube channel! Thank you.