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Purchase Orders

Procurement that's wired into every estimate, project, and actual cost.

Control purchasing from draft through delivery, tie receipts back to job costs, and use real buying outcomes to improve future estimating decisions.

Procurement built for construction, not e-commerce

7-State Lifecycle

Draft → Sent → Confirmed → Shipped → Partially Received → Delivered → Completed. Every transition is validated by workflow rules. You always know what's happening with every order.

Only DRAFT Is Editable

Once a PO is sent, it's locked. No silent edits, no retroactive quantity changes after the fact. Want to change a sent PO? Cancel it and create a new draft so history stays clean.

Partial Delivery Tracking

Track partial deliveries across multiple receipts so your team always knows what has arrived, what is pending, and what is back-ordered.

Project or Service Scope

Each PO is tied to one clear scope so cost attribution stays clean and operational ownership is obvious.

Generate From Estimate

One click to draft POs from the material lines on your estimate. Quantities, unit costs, and supplier assignments flow through. You review, edit, and send.

PO Lines Link to Estimate Lines

Connect purchase lines to estimate context so received costs roll into the right financial bucket.

Record Bill Flow

When supplier bills arrive, record them against the PO so project and service cost tracking stays clean.

Your Cost Data Gets Sharper Over Time

When the received unit cost differs from the estimated unit cost, CC captures the variance. Over time your cost database gets sharper — you estimate closer to reality on every future bid.

PDF Export

Export any PO as a branded PDF in one click. Clean layout that looks like a real document, not a spreadsheet export.

What a purchase order actually looks like in CC

A practical six-step flow from PO creation to cost attribution and learning.

1
Draft

Create the PO — from scratch or from the estimate

Build purchase orders directly from active work context so ordering decisions are faster and more consistent.

  • From-scratch and estimate-assisted creation paths
  • Supplier and quantity review before send
  • Linkage to relevant estimating context
  • Project/service scope clarity
  • Consistent PO numbering and tracking
2
Send

Send to the supplier and lock the record

Send clean purchase records and preserve ordering integrity once the PO leaves draft.

  • Lifecycle status progression support
  • Post-send edit protections
  • PDF output for supplier communications
  • Email or manual send options
  • Audit-friendly send history
3
Confirm

Supplier confirms the order

Track supplier acknowledgment so your team can separate pending outreach from committed procurement.

  • Confirmed-state visibility
  • Clear distinction between sent and accepted
  • Stronger purchasing follow-through
4
Ship & Receive

Track partial deliveries without double-counting

Record deliveries as they arrive, including partials, so field and office teams share the same receiving reality.

  • Partial and full receipt tracking
  • Reliable quantity updates even when multiple team members receive the same order
  • Delivery-state visibility
  • Overage/shortage awareness
  • Receipt timeline context
5
Cost Attribution

Receipts become actual costs in the right category

Keep purchasing and cost tracking connected so received materials and services show up in the right financial context.

  • Estimate-informed cost categorization support
  • Project/service-aware actual cost flow
  • Faster budget variance visibility
  • Less manual categorization work
  • Cleaner cost history for review
6
Pricing Signal

The variance feeds a learning loop

Use purchasing variance to continuously refine estimating assumptions without adding extra admin work.

  • Estimate-vs-actual variance capture
  • Category-level learning support
  • Cost database refinement loop
  • Review visibility for procurement trends
  • Compounding estimate quality over time

A 7-State Lifecycle Built For How POs Actually Work

Track each order from draft to completion with clear lifecycle visibility so teams always know what has been ordered, shipped, or received.

  • Seven-state procurement lifecycle visibility
  • Clear transition history
  • Post-send record integrity
  • Partial delivery support
  • Cleaner close-out and reconciliation flow

Reliable Receiving — No Double-Counting

Record receipts confidently, including partial deliveries, with safeguards that reduce quantity and reconciliation errors.

  • Safer receiving under concurrent team activity
  • Partial and back-order tracking support
  • Overage awareness during receipt
  • Line-level receipt history
  • Improved inventory and cost confidence

From Estimate to PO to Actual Cost — One Pipeline

Keep estimating, purchasing, and actual-cost reporting connected so financial visibility improves as work is delivered.

  • Estimate-linked purchasing context
  • Smarter cost attribution at receipt time
  • Project/service-aware cost flow
  • Faster budget variance visibility
  • Less manual recategorization work

Get Sharper With Every Job

Capture estimate-vs-actual buying variance and use it to make future pricing decisions more accurate over time.

  • Automatic variance capture support
  • Category-level trend visibility
  • Variance capture runs alongside receiving with no extra steps
  • Continuous estimating refinement
  • Compounding pricing accuracy

How purchase orders connect to the rest of CC

Data flows through the platform. Here's where this feature fits.

Estimate → Draft PO

Generate draft POs from estimate material lines in one click. Supplier, quantity, and unit cost flow through — you review and send.

PO Receive → Project / Service Actual Cost

Receiving a PO updates actual costs on the related project or service so budget tracking reflects real buying activity.

Receipt → Budget Rollup

Received costs become part of project and service cost records, improving financial review and estimate-vs-actual analysis.

Bill → Supplier Reconciliation

Record supplier bills against each PO to tighten reconciliation and reduce month-end cleanup.

Variance → Pricing Signals

The gap between estimated and actual unit cost feeds a pricing intelligence loop that sharpens your cost database over time.

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