Purchase Requests are generated by the Inventory Reorder process to replenish stock items and are manually entered by users requiring additional inventory items, non-stock items, and services.

Purchase Requests are usually approved prior to them being converted into Purchase Orders. Each Purchase Request Line Item may be converted into a different Purchase Order Line Item. Because Purchase Requisitions are often created by non-buyers, (personnel who are unfamiliar with specific Vendor information), the Vendor code and SKU codes may be left blank when first created.