How will travel bookings be handled e.g. where we currently talk on the phone to a travel agents or book online before placing an order?
A. There are a couple of ways of doing this: Option 1 – Once you have received the quote, you can raise a requisition in Oracle, get the requisition approved and pass on the purchase order number to the supplier. Option 2 – Before you’ve received the quote from the supplier you could input a requisition into Oracle with an estimated cost, get this approved and have a purchase order number ready to pass to the supplier when you receive the official quotation. If the official quotation figure differs from the estimated cost you can either go into Oracle and amend the figure using the change facility, or allow the transaction to work it’s way through until the invoice is received by Accounts Payable, they will put the invoice on hold and seek your approval for payment, once you’ve approved it, the order figure will then match the invoice figure in Oracle. If you are booking tickets online, you will need to have available an official order number for submission to the online ordering websi
