PURCHASE ORDER

Purchase Order to Accounts Payable: Following the Transaction

Follow Sage 100 purchasing from PO to receipt to Accounts Payable and understand why ordered, received, and invoiced quantities or costs may legitimately differ.

Published August 14, 2026 7 min read

A PO begins as purchasing intent.

Accounts Payable records what the vendor says you owe.

Start With the PO

What was ordered? Which quantities? Which cost? Which warehouse?

Then Look at the Receipt

What actually arrived, and when?

Then Compare the Vendor Invoice

If the AP invoice does not match the PO or receipt, determine whether the difference is quantity, cost, freight, timing, backorder, or another legitimate purchasing condition.

The goal is not to force three documents to look identical. It is to understand why they differ.

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