Purchase Requisition: Definition & Process
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This lesson explains what a purchase requisition is, how it is used, and the role it plays in accounting controls. All the process of using a purchase requisition is explained in this video.
What Is a Purchase Requisition?
A purchase requisition is a formal document that is used when an employee needs to purchase or order something on behalf of their organization. … The finance department will also use the purchase requisition to coordinate reporting with the accounting department.
A purchase requisition is an internal document in which one department is asking another department for permission to buy goods or services. A purchase order is created after the requisition and is a document that is used to actually purchase those goods or services from an outside vendor.
It is a document that is used to inform department managers or the purchasing officer of the decision so that the purchasing department can start the purchasing process
The purchase process starts with a purchase requisition or purchase request form, this document is created by the purchaser and submitted to the department to obtain approval and identify the business needs.
Purchase requisitions are very common to use in businesses as they will issue a purchase requisition to authorize their purchases and expenditures.
Every company has its own way to processes Purchase requisition in their own operation, there is a basic SOP that is required to purchase requisitions.
Here are the four key steps:
The Key Stages of The Purchase Requisition Process are
Stage 1: Identify Goods or Services Needed for the company operation
Stage 2: The necessary information is collected.
The Basic Elements of a requisition form will normally have
-the name of the requestor.
-the date of the request.
-the items, actions or services requested for.
-the date of delivery.
-the location of the delivery.
-the department in charge of making deliveries.
-the signature of the requestor.
Stage 3: Submit Purchase Requisition for budget approval.
Let’s see how these steps work in a typical company.
Example
Each department within the company will have specific requirements that they need to purchase for their department.
For instance, the sales department may need additional brochures to be printed to help them for the promotion of their products.
In this company, anything requires to buy will need a purchase requisition. regardless any amount, So, this purchase and amount will require a purchase requisition. In order to approve for their purchase, they need to identify the business needs.
so they fill out the requisition form, the manager will check all the needed information, such as what the order is for, what department request, what is the cost is charged to, the accounting codes, the amount of the order, who the vendor is, and the terms of the purchase.
Next, the accounting department will review the purchase requisition to ensure all needed information is provided and matched. once the purchase requisition is approved, then the funds will only be allocated to the purchase for the business need.
Once the purchase requisition has been approved, the department that controls finances will issue a purchase order (PO) to the vendor. Purchase orders are typically created using a purchasing system or Procurement software which enables businesses to track POs and submit to the vendor. purchase orders are considered legally binding documents in the business term.
Lesson Summary
A purchase requisition is an internal document in which one department is asking another department for permission to buy goods or services
the purchase requisition stage is
Stage 1: Identify Goods or Services Needed for the company operation
Stage 2: The necessary information is collected.
Stage 3: Submit Purchase Requisition for budget approval
finally, the finance will issue a Purchase order to the vendor
Ok. this video is to assist your company to understand the process of purchase requisition, what it is used for and how should you use it when you need to request to purchase some inventory or none inventory item for budget approval.