| Automatically or Manually create Suggestion lists & Purchase Orders | GEM SE | GEM |
| | Manual generation of purchase orders |  |  |
| | Auto generation of PO suggestions based on available stock and reorder points (mines/maxis) |  |  |
| | Auto generation of PO suggestions for a specific supplier, manufacturer, department or category |  |  |
| | Create purchase orders based on pending "special orders" |  |  |
| | Automatic sequential purchase order numbering scheme |  |  |
| Historical sales & purchase data available for informed PO management | | |
| | View sales history (quantity sold) for each item from the PO screen |  |  |
| Supports 'Drop Shipping' addresses | | |
| | Supports 'Drop Shipping' direct to customers addresses |  |  |
| | Inclusion of quote number on purchase order |  |  |
| Supports multiple suppliers cost prices & last order dates for each item (Best Price suggestions) | | |
| | Allow multiple suppliers for each item |  |  |
| | Best Price suggestions, lists all cost prices & last order dates for each item |  |  |
| Track suppliers expected delivery and actual received dates | | |
| | Track suppliers expected delivery and actual received dates |  |  |
| | Ability to return items of direct expense through PO |  |  |
| Send PO's electronically, fax or pdf email atachments | GEM SE | GEM |
| | Electronic transmission of purchase orders (Transfer PO's directly to vendor's computer via EDI/internet/web services) |  |  |
| | Ability to automatically fax purchase orders |  |  |
| | Automatically email purchase orders in HTML or as PDF attachment |  |  |
| Manage open & historical PO's | | |
| | View open purchase orders |  |  |
| | View purchase order history |  |  |
| Supports Supplier Min Qty & Pack sizes (case of 24) | | |
| | Require item minimum order quantity |  |  |
| | Order case/pack outers receive single units into stock |  |  |
| Interface with General Ledger & Accounts Payable | | |
| | Automatically generate a payables entry |  |  |
| Interfaces with Inventory system showing 'On Order' Qty & Expected Dates with drill down | | |
| | Interface with the inventory system to increment on-order quantity when purchase order is opened |  |  |