How does the procurement process work?
The following steps outline how purchase orders are generated and routed to you: • An employee in a buying organization uses a procurement application on a desktop computer or over the Web to select products or services from your catalogs. • An employee in a buying organization uses a procurement application on a desktop computer or over the Web to select products or services from your catalogs. • The procurement application generates a purchase requisition and routes it to appropriate personnel for approval. • Upon approval, the procurement application converts the purchase requisition into a purchase order and sends it to the Ariba Supplier Network through the Internet. • The Ariba Supplier Network looks up your preferred order-routing method, and sends the purchase order to you. • You can update the order status on Ariba Supplier Network to notify the buyer (for example, order shipped).
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