Purchasing Inquiry Menu

Purchasing Information Inquiry

Campus User Tools:

Search Purchase Orders/Requisitions: Find, view and print your released purchase orders or requisitions by Department, Project, and/or date range.
Remaining Encumbrance Status Tool: View details about a known purchase order number, including the encumbrance balance, status (open or closed), and expenses from WISDM.
Specific Purchase Order Lookup: View details about a known purchase order number, including payment information.
Specific Requisition Status Lookup: View status details and tracking information about a known requisition number
Vendor Inquiry: Get address, phone information, status, commodities, cross-references, payment summaries, vendor characteristics and orders.

Purchasing Agent Tools:

Purchase Order Lookup by NIGP Code or NIGP text
NIGP Code (commodity code) Lookup: This inquiry is used to look up an NIGP code (commodity code) assigned to a specific product group. It does not allow you to search for purchase orders or requisitions issued for a particular commodity.
Purchase Order and Item Message Description Lookup: This inquiry is used to look up a message description or its abbreviated code.
Purchase Order Codes: These codes are used by UW Madison Purchasing Agents when preparing requisitions and Purchase Orders for entry into the Purchasing System.

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