Although paperless transactions are now a reality in today’s business processes, there is still some way to go: when placing an order with a supplier, a project manager makes a purchase request in the ERP system (or asks his assistant to do so); the request is then approved and the PO generated. Why then print the PO out on paper to send by fax or regular mail to the supplier who, more often than not, will enter the information into his OWN ERP system in order to process the order!! Setting up an ERP system within an enterprise costs vast sums of money: it seems illogical to continue to send out purchase orders on paper.