The standard PO goes through several steps of the procurement process, including approvals and change requests, and is often marred by challenges along the way. These are often caused by inaccuracies in allocation, delays in approvals, and a general lack of communication. These challenges can include:Bad Contract Tracking: Most leading organizations still implement manual methods for tracking agreements. Agreements contain details about a variety of contracts, payment schedules, pricing, and procurement durations. Issuing POs when contracts are not properly tracked can cause serious compliance challenges.Dark Purchasing: When goods and services purchased cannot be justified using capital outlay or material inventory, it is known as dark purchasing. Following such a transaction, issuing a fresh PO can be challenging and can also result in a loss of revenue which is difficult to recover from.Data Inaccuracy: The smallest mistakes in the procurement records and missing data can lead to POs, deals, clients, and vendor relationships falling through.Supply Risks: Risks related to the supply of goods and services such as market risk, delivery fraud, cost, and quality may lead to hurdles in PO issuance.Policy Non-Compliance: Disregard or noncompliance with policies, lack of anti-corruption measures, and deficiency of a policy team altogether may cause hindrances in issuing POs. Vendors tend to not respond if there are policy conflicts in the procurement process at an organization acting as a buyer.