Simplified configuration of touchless buying

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising encoded logic for execution by one or more computer processors, logic when executed being executable to:

• receive one or more controls for a plurality of agreements, each agreement including a plurality of items for purchase;
• receive a requisition from a requestor for a target item;
• ascertain, by the one or more computer processors, whether a source rule is applicable to the target item;
• determine, in response to a source rule not being applicable to the target item, an agreement from the plurality of agreements that includes the target item from the requisition within a plurality of items included in the agreement, with the controls providing the following functions;
• determine, by the one or more computer processors, one or more controls for the agreement, the controls being set for the agreement, with the controls applying to all of the plurality of items included in the agreement;
• determine if the one or more controls indicate the requisition should be automatically converted to a purchase order;
• automatically generate, by the one or more computer processors, the purchase order for the target item if the one or more controls for the agreement indicate the requisition should be automatically converted to the purchase order;
• and
• output the purchase order, the purchase order generated without manual intervention by a buyer.

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• and
• logic encoded in one or more computer-readable storage media for execution by the one or more computer processors and when executed executable to:
• receive one or more controls for a plurality of agreements, each agreement including a plurality of items for purchase;
• receive a requisition from a requestor for a target item;
• ascertain whether a source rule is applicable to the target item;
• determine, in response to the source rule not being applicable to the target item, an agreement from the plurality of agreements that includes the target item from the requisition within a plurality of items included in the agreement;
• determine, by the one or more computer processors, one or more controls for the agreement, the controls being set for the agreement, with the controls applying to all of the plurality of items included in the agreement;
• determine if the one or more controls indicate the requisition should be automatically converted to a purchase order;
• automatically generate, by the one or more computer processors, the purchase order for the target item if the one or more controls for the agreement indicate the requisition should be automatically converted to the purchase order;
• and
• output the purchase order, the purchase order generated without manual intervention by a buyer.