Purchase orders
A purchase order (PO) decision commits a buy — a replenishment order to a supplier. POs are one of the decision types that flow through the pipeline: twelfth surfaces them in Triage, you commit the order, and it waits in Pending until it is raised with the supplier.
What twelfth recommends
The engine surfaces a buy when a line is running short before its next delivery, taking supplier lead times into account (set overrides in Suppliers). Each recommendation shows the recommended order quantity and the demand and cover behind it.
Reviewing a purchase order
- Open the item in Triage to see the recommended quantity and the reasoning.
- Adjust the quantity where you know more than the engine — a supplier minimum, a promotion, a range change, a case-pack constraint.
- Commit the order. It moves to Pending, grouped under the Purchase order type, ready to raise.
When you commit a quantity that differs from the recommendation, Twelfth keeps both — so the Decisions log shows exactly where your judgement changed the order.
Guardrails
Purchase-order decisions respect your workspace guardrails. An order above your authority limit is sent to a manager for sign-off before it can proceed.