Purchasing & Supplylifecycle
Contracted Purchasing
How do call-off purchases draw down against a negotiated contract?
Contracted purchasing locks agreed items, prices, and quantities into a contract, then lets orders draw against it. Each call-off reduces the remaining contract quantity, so both sides can see how much of the agreement is left.
How it works
A purchase contract lists the contracted items — and, where relevant, contracted lots — with the agreed price locked on the contract line. Ordering against the contract takes the locked price instead of an ad-hoc negotiation, which is the point: the commercial terms were settled once.
Every call-off draws down the remaining quantity on the contract line. The drawdown is visible on the record, so a buyer knows whether the next order still fits inside the agreement or the contract is nearly consumed.
Contracted purchasing covers the operational drawdown side; the contract document itself, with its terms and lifecycle, is managed in Contract Management.
What the record holds at once
Held constantContracted Purchasing 4 states, at the same time
Price lock
The agreed price sits on the contract line and applies to every call-off against it.
Remaining-quantity drawdown
Each order against the contract reduces the remaining quantity, visible on the record.
Contract lots
Contracts can be broken into lots with their own quantities.
Works alongside standard orders
Contracted and non-contracted purchasing use the same order flow — the contract adds the price and quantity discipline.
See contracted purchasing running in continON.
A guided walkthrough on a sanitized demo tenant — this capability inside its module, on the shared platform.