Purchase Order 4.1.02

Do you own a company or do you run your own business? Do you need a software application to help you out with purchase orders? Do you want this software application to be practical, properly good and not cost you an arm and a leg?

If you answered yes to all the questions above then you need to take a look at Purchase Order, a software application developed by WaverlyStreet Software. Founded back in ’96, the company specializes in developing “easy-to-use programs for home and office.” Purchase Order is one of those programs.

Here are the bits and pieces you need to know about Purchase Order. First of all you need to know that the download weighs in at some 4MB, so it should complete in no time at all. Once downloaded, the software is useless unless it is installed. In this regard you should know that Purchase Order works with all versions of the Microsoft-developed Windows operating system.

Once installed, Purchase Order is perfectly suited for small and medium sized companies that handle their equipment, material, and other purchases via purchase order. This affordable, multi-user software solution allows the company to get away from using pre-printed forms and use a reasonably priced purchasing software instead.

Purchase Order has these features to boast about:
- Create a database of all the items you normally buy. Double click an entry in the database and it will be added to your purchase order.
- Create "Assembly Lists" containing all the parts required from various vendors to make a particular product, then have the program automatically generate the required purchase orders based on a quantity of units you supply
- Combine multiple requisitions to create bulk orders.
"One-time" items can be added to an order, plus stock items can be modified after being selected, without changing them in the stock list.
- Store all vendor and destination addresses for reuse.
- Access saved purchase orders at a later time, copy them, use them as the basis for similar new orders.
- Customize the way the order looks like.
- Export basic order data to .CSV format for use in spreadsheet programs such as Excel.
- Send orders by email.
- Purchase Order can either be installed on a single machine and store it's data locally, or installed on multiple machines and use a shared data directory.
- Order locking function.

Pros

• Stand alone application, doesn’t need other applications to run
• Easy to use
• Numerous features
• Suited for the small and medium sized software
• Affordable, multi-user software solution

Cons

• Evaluation version offers 50 uses only
• Nag screen

Purchase Order has been reviewed by George Norman on 16 Apr 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated Purchase Order 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent