How do Purchase Orders work in Sonar?

Purchase Orders capture what you ordered and from whom, and travel with the rest of your operations data instead of living in an email thread, with full PO history retained for audit.

Does receiving connect to inventory?

Yes. Receiving links a shipment back to its originating Purchase Order and updates the Inventory pool in one move, with no spreadsheet handoff between the dock and stock.

Can I audit past procurement?

Each Purchase Order retains who ordered what, when, from which vendor, and how it was received, and is reportable across procurement.

Sonar 2026 · OSS · Purchase Orders

ORDERS

Place orders. Receive against inventory.

Structured Purchase Orders that connect vendor ordering to your inventory pool.

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Purchase Orders

PO #VendorLocationGroupTotalStatus

$0.17

Approved

Receive ▾

$1.09

Approved

Receive ▾

$0.91

Approved

Receive ▾

$0.50

Approved

Receive ▾

Why procurement is a hidden tax

Email-thread orders and spreadsheet receiving cost time and inventory accuracy.

Orders in email threads.

POs go out as emails. Confirmations come back as emails. Nothing connects to the inventory pool.

Receiving without context.

Boxes arrive. The dock has no link between the shipment and an open PO.

Inventory gaps.

Stock-in-hand drifts from system-of-record because receiving lives outside the pool.

Capabilities

Order it.
Receive it. Stock it.

The Purchase Orders module connects vendor orders to the Inventory pool so receiving updates the system of record automatically.

Create, send, and track Purchase Orders.

Purchase Orders capture what you've ordered and from whom. The order travels with the rest of your operations data, not in a separate inbox.

PO creation tied to your vendor records
Order status visible across operations
PO history retained for audit

Purchase Order Management’s flow

From need to placed order

01
Need identified
Stock gap or new requirement surfaces.
Inventory
02
PO created
Order built with line items and vendor.
Purchase Orders
03
PO sent
Order communicated to the vendor.
Communications
04
Status tracked
Open POs visible in operations queue.
Purchase Orders

A documentary photograph that captures the operational reality behind Sonar's ORDERS module.

Inside ORDERS

Orders in email threads.

Frequently asked

Common questions about orders.

How do Purchase Orders work in Sonar?: Purchase Orders capture what you ordered and from whom, and travel with the rest of your operations data instead of living in an email thread, with full PO history retained for audit.
Does receiving connect to inventory?: Yes. Receiving links a shipment back to its originating Purchase Order and updates the Inventory pool in one move, with no spreadsheet handoff between the dock and stock.
Can I audit past procurement?: Each Purchase Order retains who ordered what, when, from which vendor, and how it was received, and is reportable across procurement.

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