Purchasing & Invoicing

Modified on Fri, 25 Sep at 3:01 PM

Cora PPM's Purchasing and Invoicing module provides project-level financial management for both supplier spend and client billing. Activity automatically feeds into project financial actuals so cost tracking, commitments, and forecasting stay current without manual reconciliation.


Purchasing and Invoicing Overview

Area

Purpose

Key Details

Purchase Orders (Supplier Side)

Capture planned supplier spend at project level.

  • References a supplier and unique PO number.

  • Supports multiple line items.

  • Tracks description, value, finance/account code, ordered-by user, date, and optional Work Order.

  • Protects invoiced PO lines from key edits or deletion.

Supplier Invoices

Record supplier invoices raised against existing PO lines.

  • Tracks invoice number, description, comments, amount, linked PO line, task, supplier, and dates.

  • Supports voucher number, payment terms, and optional Work Order.

  • Prevents deletion when linked to other records.

Client Invoices (Income Side)

Track money owed to the organisation by project clients.

  • Uses the lifecycle: Created → Approved → Issued → Paid.

  • Updates milestone payment amounts when marked Paid.

  • Recalculates PTD Billing, PTD Revenue, and Cash Collected.

  • Supports VAT, markup, discounts, Customer Order No, PIN, Client Task No, free-text fields, and linked credit notes.


Financial Integration

Every save, update, or delete across purchase orders, supplier invoices, and client invoices triggers financial recalculation routines.

  • Transfers actuals into the FMS (Financial Management System) tables for the current project.

  • Fixes and reconciles actual values from import.

  • Keeps the project's cost and revenue profile current.

Note: Financial updates happen automatically in the background, reducing the need for manual reconciliation.


Feature Toggles

Feature

What It Controls

Period Posted Display

Shows or hides Period Posted information.

Work Order Columns

Enables Work Order columns on purchase orders and invoices.

Additional Invoice Date Fields

Controls Due Date, Invoice Date, Voucher Number, and Payment Terms fields.


Accessing the Module

  1. Open a project in Cora PPM.

  2. Navigate to the Supplier Purchase Order and Invoices page (Project_PO_Invoice.aspx).

  3. The page opens with two tabs: Purchase Orders and Invoices.

Gotchas: PO lines used by invoices cannot be edited in key fields or deleted, and linked supplier invoices cannot be deleted.

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