ocr: The Purchase Order Record is used to store information about a purchase such as vendor/subcontractor, job/location, and items to order. A variety of reports are available that show you the status of all orders including the cost incur- red, budgeted, committed, and the items received and on backorder. The Header and Footer Descriptions are optional fields used to enter purchase order information that you want the vendor/subcontractor to see at the beginning/end of the P.0.